Building comparison
head to head
DestinyvsMario Kart DS
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Destiny
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A shared-world looter shooter mixing sharp FPS execution with an RNG loot treadmill and solvable raid puzzles.
Mario Kart DS
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The first online Mario Kart, infamous for the execution-heavy snaking technique dominating play.
Destiny leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DestinyMario Kart DS
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mario Kart DS leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Destiny
FPS gunplay and raid mechanics demand real aim.
Mario Kart DS
Snaking demands relentless precise drift inputs
Reads3 vs 3
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Destiny
Crucible PvP adds genuine human prediction.
Mario Kart DS
Online opponents punish predictable lines
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Destiny
RNG loot drops famously gate progression.
Mario Kart DS
Item RNG decides tight finishes
Optimization6 vs 5
Destiny leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Destiny
Loadout meta and raid routes are solvable systems.
Mario Kart DS
Kart stats, lines, and snaking routes
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.