Building comparison
head to head
BullyvsMad Max
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Bully
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Rockstar's open-world schoolyard adventure about surviving a corrupt boarding school.
Mad Max
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Wasteland open-worlder upgrading one car to conquer scripted scrap territories.
Bully leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mad Max leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BullyMad Max
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.
Bully
Brawling and minigames take modest reflexes
Mad Max
Car combat and counter-brawling timing
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bully
Schoolyard AI is scripted
Mad Max
War boys follow fixed AI
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bully
Open world is largely deterministic
Mad Max
Open world is static once scouted
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Bully
Class minigames, schedules, and mission routing reward planning
Mad Max
Magnum Opus upgrades and stronghold routing
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.