Building comparison
head to head
DeadboltvsSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Deadbolt
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Planning a clean route through each level, then executing it without a single mistake.
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Execution · Practiced Mastery
An over-the-top horde shooter throwing hundreds of charging enemies at you.
Deadbolt leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DeadboltSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deadbolt
One-hit deaths demand precise shots and clean movement
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Circle-strafing huge horde waves tests stamina and aim
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deadbolt
Undead follow patrol scripts, never modelling the player
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Enemies charge in fixed patterns
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deadbolt
Enemy placements are mostly fixed with minor behavioural noise
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Wave compositions memorised after one run
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deadbolt
Planning entry routes and kill order is half the level
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Prioritising targets and managing arenas is solvable
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.