head to head
vs
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursevsLamplight City
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Lamplight City leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CurseLamplight City
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Lamplight City leans harder on execution: Point-and-click investigation, nothing physical
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.