Building comparison
head to head
Back to the Future: The GamevsPost Mortem
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Back to the Future: The Game
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A story-first adventure with gentle item-puzzle logic as its only test.
Post Mortem
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Piecing together a scripted murder conspiracy from hidden clues.
Back to the Future: The Game leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Post Mortem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Back to the Future: The GamePost Mortem
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Back to the Future: The Game
Telltale point-and-click, zero dexterity
Post Mortem
Point-and-click interface, zero dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Back to the Future: The Game
Characters follow the episodic script
Post Mortem
Suspects follow scripted dialogue trees
Variance2 vs 3
Post Mortem leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Back to the Future: The Game
Puzzle solutions are hidden until found
Post Mortem
The conspiracy is hidden information revealed by investigation
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Back to the Future: The Game
Light item-logic puzzles drive each episode
Post Mortem
Piecing fixed clues into the solution is the game
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.