Building comparison
head to head
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengevsScratches
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A dense layered puzzle game demanding methodical inventory and dialogue optimization across four islands.
Scratches
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A slow-burn first-person adventure investigating strange scratching sounds in an isolated Victorian mansion.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Scratches leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengeScratches
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.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Interface is point-and-click; no timing or precision required
Scratches
First-person point-and-click input is physically trivial
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
All puzzles are scripted; no opponent models the player
Scratches
No opponents at all, only an empty haunted estate
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Some item locations are initially hidden but deterministic
Scratches
The mystery's hidden answers drive a blind first run
Optimization8 vs 7
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Multi-step puzzle chains reward systematic item and dialogue mapping
Scratches
Investigation puzzles resolve to one fixed solution path
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.