Building comparison
head to head
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisvsThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Optimization · Pure Optimization
LucasArts adventure sending Indy down three routes toward Atlantis.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A folk horror adventure about an antiquarian unearthing something best left buried on the moors.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Excavation of Hob's Barrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow
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
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Pure point-and-click pacing
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
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
No adaptive opponent
Variance2 vs 3
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Solutions hidden until reasoned out
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Dread comes from unknowns that vanish on replay
Optimization8 vs 7
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Three-path puzzle chains reward deduction
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Linear puzzles with fixed solutions throughout
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.
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