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Professor Layton and the Curious VillagevsSherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Professor Layton and the Curious VillageSherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans harder on execution: Stylus taps only; no dexterity pressure at all
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans harder on optimization: Every brainteaser has one clean solvable answer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.