Building comparison
head to head
The Blackwell ConvergencevsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
The Blackwell Convergence
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A ghost-noir adventure testing clue association and patient investigation.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Lateral-thinking puzzle solving that converges to a walkthrough once solutions are known.
The Blackwell Convergence leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
The Blackwell ConvergenceThe 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.
The Blackwell Convergence
Pointing and clicking has no dexterity test
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.
The Blackwell Convergence
Characters are scripted dialogue trees
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.
The Blackwell Convergence
The mystery's facts are hidden until uncovered
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Puzzle solutions are hidden information until discovered
Optimization5 vs 6
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
The Blackwell Convergence
Connecting clues and notebook entries is the core 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.
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