Building comparison
head to head
Dungeon SiegevsEscape from Monkey Island
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Dungeon Siege
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A streamlined click-along action RPG famous for its seamless world.
Escape from Monkey Island
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A comedic point-and-click adventure of pirate puzzles with fixed solutions.
Dungeon Siege leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dungeon SiegeEscape from Monkey Island
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.
Dungeon Siege
Combat mostly resolves itself
Escape from Monkey Island
Pointing and walking 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.
Dungeon Siege
Mobs charge on simple scripts
Escape from Monkey Island
No opponent
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Dungeon Siege
Loot drops vary modestly
Escape from Monkey Island
Puzzle solutions hidden until discovered
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Dungeon Siege
Party builds and pack-mule logistics are the game
Escape from Monkey Island
Once known, every puzzle has one fixed 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.