head to head
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine asks more than Red Dead Redemption 2, and the gap is optimization.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Building bean chains fast under random pieces and garbage pressure.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Placement speed under garbage pressure decides late stages
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Versus humans, anticipating chain timing adds an edge
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans clearly harder on variance.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Random bean colours shape every match
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine leans clearly harder on optimization.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Chain-building structure knowledge is the core skill
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
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.