Building comparison
head to head
inFamousvsLimbo
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
inFamous
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world superhero game where an electric courier zaps his way across a quarantined city.
Limbo
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A monochrome puzzle-platformer about a boy lost in limbo.
inFamous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Limbo leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
inFamousLimbo
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
Aimed lightning and traversal under fire
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
Enemies follow fixed AI 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
Open city is static once explored
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
Power upgrade paths and karma route planning
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.