Building comparison
head to head
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsDevil May Cry 2
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Alice: Madness Returns
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Macabre Wonderland platformer where Alice slices through her own broken psyche chapter by chapter.
Devil May Cry 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The black-sheep sequel whose passive enemies and dominant guns sand the series' skill ceiling way down.
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsDevil May Cry 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alice: Madness Returns
Float-platforming and weapon-switch combat ask moderate precision
Devil May Cry 2
Infamously easy; guns trivialize most encounters
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alice: Madness Returns
Wonderland enemies attack on fixed tells
Devil May Cry 2
Passive enemy AI never pressures, let alone adapts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alice: Madness Returns
Hidden collectibles are one-time discoveries
Devil May Cry 2
Flat authored levels hide little
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alice: Madness Returns
Weapon upgrades and enemy counters are quickly mapped
Devil May Cry 2
Amulet builds and boss patterns fall fast
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.