Building comparison
head to head
Batman ReturnsvsRed Dead Redemption 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Batman Returns
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A licensed brawler testing spacing and pattern memorisation through fixed stages.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Batman Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Batman ReturnsRed Dead Redemption 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Batman Returns leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Batman Returns
Crowd control spacing and boss timing carry the game
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Reads0 vs 1
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Batman Returns
Clowns attack in fixed waves
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Variance1 vs 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Batman Returns
Stages never change between attempts
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Batman Returns
Learning enemy waves and item spots is the depth
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.