Building comparison
head to head
Digital Devil Story: Megami TenseivsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei demands more variance; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim demands more execution.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Charting brutal mazes and solving demon-fusion math in a first-person crawler.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Optimization · Pure Optimization
An open-world RPG mostly about discovering and stacking exploitable progression systems.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Digital Devil Story: Megami TenseiThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans clearly harder on execution.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Turn-based dungeon menus need no dexterity
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Combat is forgiving; aim and timing rarely punish you.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Demons follow fixed negotiation and combat rules
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Enemy AI is scripted and exploitable; not adaptive.
Variance4 vs 2
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei leans clearly harder on variance.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Unmapped mazes and encounters punish until charted
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Loot tables and leveled lists inject mild randomness.
Optimization8 vs 7
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Demon fusion math and maze mapping dominate progress
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skill stacking, enchant loops, and exploits are deeply 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.