Building comparison
head to head
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsGun.Smoke
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A demanding return to classic Crash platforming.
Gun.Smoke
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A punishing western arcade shooter testing directional-fire dexterity.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gun.Smoke leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeGun.Smoke
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.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Brutal platforming with precise crate timing
Gun.Smoke
Three-way shot aiming under relentless scroll pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Scripted bosses
Gun.Smoke
Outlaws spawn in fixed patterns
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Deterministic levels
Gun.Smoke
Item barrels sit in the same spots every credit
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
N. Verted and flashback routing
Gun.Smoke
Boss patterns and item routes reward memorisation
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.