Building comparison
head to head
Crash BandicootvsSuper Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Crash Bandicoot
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precision 3D platformer of narrow corridors, crates, and unforgiving jumps.
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Arthur's infamous SNES gauntlet of armor-shattering hazards that must be beaten twice with the right weapon.
Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crash BandicootSuper Ghouls 'n Ghosts
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
Tight jumps on narrow paths punish slop
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Committed double jump and relentless hazards punish errors
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
Hazards are fixed patterns
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Scripted spawns, no adaptation
Variance1 vs 2
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Crash Bandicoot
Everything scripted and placed
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Chest contents and zombie spawns add light randomness
Optimization5 vs 6
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Crash Bandicoot
Box routes and gem requirements are learnable
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Weapon management and mandatory second loop demand 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.