Building comparison
head to head
CommandovsSuper Mario Odyssey
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Commando
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Pure arcade twitch survival against memorisable enemy wave patterns.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Commando leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CommandoSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Commando
Dodging bullet streams while shooting is pure twitch
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Commando
Soldiers spawn in fixed scripted patterns
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance2 vs 1
Commando leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Commando
Minor spawn timing noise across runs
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization4 vs 5
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Commando
Grenade conservation and pattern memorisation aid survival
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
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.