Building comparison
head to head
Dragon QuestvsGorogoa
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Dragon Quest
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The 1986 original that founded the Japanese RPG template.
Gorogoa
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Hand-drawn puzzle where overlapping illustrated panels unlock impossible connections.
Dragon Quest leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Gorogoa leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dragon QuestGorogoa
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.
Dragon Quest
Menu commands only
Gorogoa
Dragging panels requires no skill
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Dragon Quest
No adaptive opposition
Gorogoa
No opponent exists
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Dragon Quest
Battle RNG and unknown world first time
Gorogoa
Solutions unknown on first encounter only
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Dragon Quest
Grind thresholds and routes are fully solvable
Gorogoa
Each panel arrangement has one elegant 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.