Building comparison
head to head
DarksidersvsDmC: Devil May Cry
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Darksiders
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Zelda-meets-God-of-War action adventure starring the horseman War.
DmC: Devil May Cry
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Ninja Theory's stylish-action reboot with angel-demon stance switching through a shifting Limbo.
Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); DmC: Devil May Cry leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DarksidersDmC: Devil May Cry
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
DmC: Devil May Cry leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Darksiders
combo-driven combat with dodge timing
DmC: Devil May Cry
Angel/demon stance weaving is demanding but softer than mainline
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Darksiders
enemies are scripted
DmC: Devil May Cry
Color-coded enemies dictate fixed answers
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Darksiders
world and bosses are fixed
DmC: Devil May Cry
Limbo levels are authored spectacle, not random
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Darksiders
Zelda-style dungeons and upgrade routing
DmC: Devil May Cry
Color-coding turns encounters into solvable matching puzzles
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.