head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Adds a visual-tell scanning system on top of the classic evidence-contradiction loop.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Hand-drawn puzzle where overlapping illustrated panels unlock impossible connections.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Gorogoa leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Menu-only courtroom with no timing demands
Gorogoa
Dragging panels requires no skill
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Witnesses are fully scripted; no adaptive element
Gorogoa
No opponent exists
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Perceive system hides tells until the player scans testimony
Gorogoa
Solutions unknown on first encounter only
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Pinpointing forged evidence and witness tells is a logic puzzle with one solution
Gorogoa
Each panel arrangement has one elegant solvable answer
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.