Building comparison
head to head
Duck HuntvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey asks more than Duck Hunt, and the gap is optimization.
Duck Hunt
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The NES light-gun classic of shooting ducks and enduring the dog.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Duck Hunt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Duck HuntSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Duck Hunt
Pure light-gun aim and reaction speed
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Duck Hunt
Ducks fly on simple patterns
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance2 vs 1
Duck Hunt leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Duck Hunt
Flight paths vary a little
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization1 vs 5
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on optimization.
Duck Hunt
Almost nothing to optimise beyond aim
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech 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.