Building comparison
head to head
inFamous Second SonvsLimbo
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
inFamous Second Son
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world action game where a smoke-and-neon conduit liberates Seattle.
Limbo
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A monochrome puzzle-platformer about a boy lost in limbo.
inFamous Second Son leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Limbo leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
inFamous Second SonLimbo
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
inFamous Second Son
Fluid traversal and aimed particle powers
Limbo
Tight platforming with trial-and-error.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
inFamous Second Son
DUP enemies run fixed scripts
Limbo
Hazards are scripted.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
inFamous Second Son
Seattle sandbox is deterministic
Limbo
No randomness.
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
inFamous Second Son
Swapping power sets and upgrade routing
Limbo
Puzzles have fixed solutions.
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.