Building comparison
head to head
Sherlock Holmes: The AwakenedvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Scripted detective work that tests gathering hidden clues and assembling the intended deduction.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Lateral-thinking puzzle solving that converges to a walkthrough once solutions are known.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Sherlock Holmes: The AwakenedThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Walking and clicking through scenes, no twitch demands
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.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
The case is fully scripted, nothing models you
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Insult swordfighting is scripted dialogue lookup, not prediction
Variance4 vs 3
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Clues are hidden information until each scene is searched
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.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Deduction chains have one solvable correct answer
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.
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