Building comparison
head to head
Lara Croft GovsPokémon Emerald
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Lara Croft Go
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Turn-based board-puzzle distillation of Tomb Raider's traps and tombs.
Pokémon Emerald
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Hoenn's definitive version, crowned by the strategy-heavy Battle Frontier.
Lara Croft Go leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Emerald leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Lara Croft GoPokémon Emerald
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Lara Croft Go leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Lara Croft Go
Turn-based taps, zero dexterity
Pokémon Emerald
Turn-based commands only
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Lara Croft Go
Hazards move on fixed rules
Pokémon Emerald
Battle Frontier AI is fixed-policy
Variance1 vs 2
Pokémon Emerald leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Lara Croft Go
Everything visible on the board
Pokémon Emerald
Encounter RNG and Frontier hax
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Lara Croft Go
Each level is a solvable movement puzzle
Pokémon Emerald
EVs, movesets, and Frontier strategy run deep
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.