Building comparison
head to head
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisvsSam & Max: Hit the Road
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Optimization · Pure Optimization
LucasArts adventure sending Indy down three routes toward Atlantis.
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Optimization · Pure Optimization
An absurdist road-trip puzzle game testing comfort with wildly lateral inventory logic.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sam & Max: Hit the Road leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisSam & Max: Hit the Road
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.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Pointing and clicking, light fistfight option
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Cursor-driven; no reflexes tested at any point
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
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Episodic comedy adventure with no adaptive 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.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Solutions hidden until reasoned out
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Carnival mini-games add slight randomness but are trivial
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
Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Absurdist puzzle chains are fully solvable with lateral thinking
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.