Building comparison
head to head
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisvsPortal
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis demands more variance; Portal demands more execution.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Optimization · Pure Optimization
LucasArts adventure sending Indy down three routes toward Atlantis.
Portal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The portal-gun puzzle game whose solutions are everything.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisPortal
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 4
Portal leans clearly harder on execution.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Pointing and clicking, light fistfight option
Portal
Portal placement timing modest.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
No adaptive opposition
Portal
No adversary modeling player.
Variance2 vs 0
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans clearly harder on variance.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Solutions hidden until reasoned out
Portal
Deterministic chambers; no randomness.
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Three-path puzzle chains reward deduction
Portal
Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
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.