head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Ezio rebuilds the Assassin order in Rome, with a cult-classic mind-game multiplayer attached.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Kill-streak combat is stylish but easy
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Hide-and-hunt multiplayer ran on human mind-games
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Fixed campaign content
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Recruit management and shop renovation economy
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
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.