head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
All six Star Wars films compiled into one forgiving LEGO action-adventure collection.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Solving fixed light-and-shadow coordination puzzles at a forgiving narrative pace.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shady Part of Me leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Simple combat and jumps, death barely punished
Shady Part of Me
Gentle platforming with rewind removes any twitch pressure
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Fixed enemy scripts, nothing models you
Shady Part of Me
No opponent - a solo narrative puzzle journey
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Deterministic levels with known secrets
Shady Part of Me
Puzzles are fixed and fully visible once reached
Shady Part of Me leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Completion routing, stud multipliers and unlock order
Shady Part of Me
Coordinating girl and shadow through light logic is the game
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.