Building comparison
head to head
BlasphemousvsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Blasphemous
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A grim 2D action metroidvania steeped in religious horror.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A classic arcade brawler sending the turtles through time to pummel Foot Clan waves.
Blasphemous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BlasphemousTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Blasphemous
Punishing 2D combat and platforming
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Throw timing, positioning, and boss dodges are the whole test.
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blasphemous
Scripted bosses
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Foot Soldiers run fixed scripts.
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
Static world
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Stages and waves are essentially fixed.
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blasphemous
Rosary bead builds and routing
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Wave layouts and boss patterns are fully memorisable.
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.
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