Building comparison
head to head
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsMecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
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.
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A mecha-themed bullet-hell shoot-em-up.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeMecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
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
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
bullet-hell dodging and precise shooting
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
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
fixed boss attack patterns, no adaptation
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
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
minimal randomness, mostly deterministic
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
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
scoring and route optimization
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.