Building comparison
head to head
Beyond Good & EvilvsObsCure: The Aftermath
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Beyond Good & Evil
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Action-adventure about a photojournalist exposing an alien conspiracy with stealth and a camera.
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Co-op survival horror testing resource routing and scripted puzzle knowledge.
Beyond Good & Evil leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); ObsCure: The Aftermath leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Beyond Good & EvilObsCure: The Aftermath
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beyond Good & Evil
Light combat, stealth timing, and hovercraft racing
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Clunky combat aim matters but forgivingly
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beyond Good & Evil
Guards follow fixed patrol scripts
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Monsters follow scripted spawns and behaviours
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beyond Good & Evil
First-run photo hunts and story beats
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Scares and items are fixed once known
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beyond Good & Evil
Stealth routes, pearls economy, and puzzles
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Ammo conservation, puzzles and character-ability routing carry runs
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.