Building comparison
head to head
BeholdervsFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Beholder
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Dystopian management adventure about a landlord spying on tenants for a totalitarian state.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Remake of Gaiden with dual protagonists and explorable dungeons.
Beholder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
BeholderFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Simple point-and-click landlord actions
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Turn-based menus only
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Tenants follow scripted schedules, not adaptive
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Scripted enemies on both routes
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Tenant events and directives surprise first runs
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Hit RNG plus dungeon encounters
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Money, time, and blackmail decision routing
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Dual-army routing and class promotions
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.