head to head

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case cover artvsEscape from Monkey Island cover art

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London CasevsEscape from Monkey Island

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London CaseEscape from Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case leans harder on reads: Suspects are scripted, not adapting to your deductions

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Escape from Monkey Island leans harder on optimization: Once known, every puzzle has one fixed answer

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case

full breakdown

Escape from Monkey Island