Building comparison
head to head
Blasphemous 2vsSuper Metroid
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Blasphemous 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Sequel sharpening the penitent metroidvania formula with three distinct weapons.
Super Metroid
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Movement execution and route optimisation through a fixed, mappable planet.
Blasphemous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Blasphemous 2Super Metroid
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Blasphemous 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Blasphemous 2
Multi-weapon combat timing and platforming challenges
Super Metroid
Wall-jumps, shinesparks and boss dodges demand precise inputs
Reads1 vs 0
Blasphemous 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Blasphemous 2
Scripted boss movesets, never adaptive
Super Metroid
Bosses cycle fixed patterns, never adapting
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blasphemous 2
Fixed world with hidden secrets
Super Metroid
Item and route knowledge is fixed once discovered
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blasphemous 2
Weapon choice, altarpiece builds, and routing
Super Metroid
Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game
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.