Building comparison
head to head
Aliens vs. Predator 2vsMario Kart DS
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Aliens vs. Predator 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
An asymmetric FPS with three interlocking campaigns as marine, alien, and predator on the same colony.
Mario Kart DS
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The first online Mario Kart, infamous for the execution-heavy snaking technique dominating play.
Aliens vs. Predator 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Aliens vs. Predator 2Mario Kart DS
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mario Kart DS leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Aliens vs. Predator 2
Wall-crawling aliens and panicked marines test raw aim
Mario Kart DS
Snaking demands relentless precise drift inputs
Reads3 vs 3
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Aliens vs. Predator 2
Cross-species multiplayer rewards outguessing human opponents
Mario Kart DS
Online opponents punish predictable lines
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Aliens vs. Predator 2
Motion tracker pings and dark corridors conceal threats
Mario Kart DS
Item RNG decides tight finishes
Optimization4 vs 5
Mario Kart DS leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Aliens vs. Predator 2
Species matchup knowledge and map control are learnable
Mario Kart DS
Kart stats, lines, and snaking routes
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.