Building comparison
head to head
AnthemvsCrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Anthem
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A co-op looter shooter about flying exosuit javelins through a hostile alien frontier.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Action RPG prequel to FFVII whose combat spins a slot machine for buffs.
Anthem leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
AnthemCrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Anthem
Flight and shooting matter but are forgiving
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
real-time dodging and attack timing
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anthem
Enemy AI is scripted
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
no adaptive opponent
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anthem
Loot rolls gate power
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
DMW slot reels randomize limit breaks and levels
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anthem
Javelin builds and loadout grinding dominate
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
materia fusion is a deep solvable system
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.