Building comparison
head to head
DarksidersvsSpider-Man 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Darksiders
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Zelda-meets-God-of-War action adventure starring the horseman War.
Spider-Man 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
An open-world superhero action game built on fluid traversal and combat.
Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DarksidersSpider-Man 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Darksiders
combo-driven combat with dodge timing
Spider-Man 2
web-swinging and combat timing precision
Reads0 vs 1
Spider-Man 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Darksiders
enemies are scripted
Spider-Man 2
scripted villains, 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.
Darksiders
world and bosses are fixed
Spider-Man 2
minimal randomness in encounters
Optimization6 vs 5
Darksiders leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Darksiders
Zelda-style dungeons and upgrade routing
Spider-Man 2
gadget and skill tree 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.