Building comparison
head to head
Post MortemvsThe Curse of Monkey Island
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Post Mortem
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Piecing together a scripted murder conspiracy from hidden clues.
The Curse of Monkey Island
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Comedic point-and-click adventure of Guybrush Threepwood, hand-drawn at its peak.
Post Mortem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Post MortemThe Curse of Monkey Island
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Post Mortem
Point-and-click interface, zero dexterity
The Curse of Monkey Island
pointing and clicking 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.
Post Mortem
Suspects follow scripted dialogue trees
The Curse of Monkey Island
no adaptive opponent
Variance3 vs 3
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Post Mortem
The conspiracy is hidden information revealed by investigation
The Curse of Monkey Island
puzzle solutions unknown on first play, then fixed
Optimization6 vs 7
The Curse of Monkey Island leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Post Mortem
Piecing fixed clues into the solution is the game
The Curse of Monkey Island
inventory logic puzzles are fully solvable
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.