Building comparison
head to head
A Boy and His BlobvsinFamous Second Son
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
A Boy and His Blob
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Tests puzzle solving by picking the right blob transformation for each fixed obstacle.
inFamous Second Son
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world action game where a smoke-and-neon conduit liberates Seattle.
A Boy and His Blob leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); inFamous Second Son leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
A Boy and His BlobinFamous Second Son
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
inFamous Second Son leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
A Boy and His Blob
Gentle platforming with forgiving timing
inFamous Second Son
Fluid traversal and aimed particle powers
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Boy and His Blob
Solo puzzle world - nothing adapts
inFamous Second Son
DUP enemies run fixed scripts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Boy and His Blob
Levels are fixed; secrets known after one find
inFamous Second Son
Seattle sandbox is deterministic
Optimization6 vs 5
A Boy and His Blob leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
A Boy and His Blob
Choosing the right bean transformation per obstacle is the puzzle
inFamous Second Son
Swapping power sets and upgrade routing
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.