Building comparison
head to head
Bad RatsvsThe Last Guardian
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Bad Rats
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Solving Rube Goldberg puzzles fighting physics that barely cooperates.
The Last Guardian
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Puzzle adventure about coaxing a giant half-tame creature through ancient ruins.
Bad Rats leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last Guardian leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Bad RatsThe Last Guardian
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
The Last Guardian leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Bad Rats
Placing pieces takes no dexterity
The Last Guardian
Slow climbing and platforming, very forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bad Rats
No opponent - just rats and physics
The Last Guardian
Trico is willful but not modeling you adversarially
Variance4 vs 3
Bad Rats leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Bad Rats
Notoriously janky physics makes identical setups behave differently
The Last Guardian
Trico's unpredictable compliance adds noise
Optimization6 vs 5
Bad Rats leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Bad Rats
Each contraption puzzle has intended solvable solutions
The Last Guardian
Environmental puzzles with intended solutions
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.