Building comparison
head to head
Abadox: The Deadly Inner WarvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Execution · Pure Mechanics
One-hit-death shmup execution through memorised alien-intestine stage patterns.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Abadox: The Deadly Inner WarSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
One-hit deaths make every dodge a perfect-input demand
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech 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.
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Enemy waves are fully scripted
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Stages replay identically once seen
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization6 vs 5
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Memorising spawns and checkpoint routes is mandatory
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech 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.