Building comparison
head to head
CSI: Deadly IntentvsProfessor Layton and the Curious Village
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
CSI: Deadly Intent
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A forensic point-and-click about collecting evidence and matching it to scripted suspects.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Gentleman puzzler solves a village full of standalone brainteasers.
CSI: Deadly Intent leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
CSI: Deadly IntentProfessor Layton and the Curious Village
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
CSI: Deadly Intent
Pointing and clicking, no twitch demand
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Stylus taps only; no dexterity pressure at all
Reads1 vs 0
CSI: Deadly Intent leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
CSI: Deadly Intent
Suspects give scripted responses, not adapting
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
No opponent, adaptive or otherwise
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
CSI: Deadly Intent
Evidence locations unknown until scenes are searched
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Puzzle answers are hidden until reasoned out, then fixed
Optimization7 vs 8
Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
CSI: Deadly Intent
Collecting and matching evidence to suspects solves cases
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Every brainteaser has one clean 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.