Building comparison
head to head
DiscworldvsThe Curse of Monkey Island
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Discworld
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A notoriously difficult comedy adventure where Rincewind the inept wizard must rid Ankh-Morpork of a dragon.
The Curse of Monkey Island
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Comedic point-and-click adventure of Guybrush Threepwood, hand-drawn at its peak.
Discworld leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
DiscworldThe Curse of Monkey Island
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.
Discworld
Point-and-click; no manual ceiling.
The Curse of Monkey Island
pointing and clicking only
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Discworld
Ankh-Morpork's citizens are scripted gag dispensers.
The Curse of Monkey Island
no adaptive opponent
Variance4 vs 3
Discworld leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Discworld
Infamously obscure puzzle logic blindsides every first-timer.
The Curse of Monkey Island
puzzle solutions unknown on first play, then fixed
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Discworld
Byzantine item chains are brutal but fully solvable.
The Curse of Monkey Island
inventory logic puzzles are fully solvable
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.