Building comparison
head to head
DescentvsResogun
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Descent
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Pioneering six-degrees-of-freedom shooter through robot-infested mines.
Resogun
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A voxel-based arcade shooter where precise movement and optimal human-rescue sequencing drive score.
Descent leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resogun leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DescentResogun
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.
Descent
Full 6DOF control and aim under disorientation is the test
Resogun
Precise overdrive timing and bullet-threading at high speed
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Descent
Scripted robot behaviors, no adaptation
Resogun
Scripted enemy formations only
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Descent
Mine layouts fixed; ambushes surprise only once
Resogun
Particle-based destruction and some randomised enemy entry points
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Descent
Route memorization and weapon economy reward optimization
Resogun
Keeper rescue sequencing and phase timing are fully learnable
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.