head to head
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursevsLittlewood
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Littlewood leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CurseLittlewood
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans harder on variance: Art-theft mystery hides its heretical secret initially.
Optimization5 vs 6
Littlewood leans harder on optimization: Town layout and daily energy routing reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

