Building comparison
head to head
198XvsSpider-Man
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
198X
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A coming-of-age story told through five playable homages to classic arcade genres.
Spider-Man
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Classic action execution through fixed levels and scripted boss patterns.
198X leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
198XSpider-Man
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
Each arcade vignette tests reflexes in a different genre
Spider-Man
Swinging, combat and timed escapes need real dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
All segments are scripted
Spider-Man
Villains repeat fixed boss patterns
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
Fixed sequences once seen
Spider-Man
Level events are scripted and quickly known
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
Learning each minigame's patterns
Spider-Man
Boss patterns and level routes are fully learnable
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.