Building comparison
head to head
Raging LoopvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Raging Loop
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A Groundhog Day mystery in a fog-locked village where the player must exploit loop memory to survive every role.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Lateral-thinking puzzle solving that converges to a walkthrough once solutions are known.
Raging Loop leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Raging LoopThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
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.
Raging Loop
Reading and menu choices only
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Pointing and clicking has no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Raging Loop
Village roles are scripted per cycle, not adapting to player meta
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Insult swordfighting is scripted dialogue lookup, not prediction
Variance3 vs 3
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Raging Loop
Hidden werewolf roles and loop resets obscure correct paths
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Puzzle solutions are hidden information until discovered
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Raging Loop
Using loop knowledge to route through all village outcomes is the puzzle
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Once solutions are known the game is fully solved
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.