Building comparison
head to head
FIFA 17vsMario Tennis Aces
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
FIFA 17
Execution · Competitive PvP
Mechanical football skill plus constant prediction of a human opponent's tendencies.
Mario Tennis Aces
Execution · Competitive PvP
Arcade tennis with timing-based PvP mind games.
FIFA 17 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mario Tennis Aces leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
FIFA 17Mario Tennis Aces
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FIFA 17
Dribbling, shooting and defending inputs decide individual duels
Mario Tennis Aces
Shot timing, charge mechanics, footwork
Reads6 vs 6
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FIFA 17
Human opponents online keep shifting attacking and defending habits
Mario Tennis Aces
Online tennis demands reading opponent placement
Variance3 vs 2
FIFA 17 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
FIFA 17
Bounces, deflections and finishing RNG swing tight matches
Mario Tennis Aces
Mostly deterministic ball physics
Optimization4 vs 3
FIFA 17 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
FIFA 17
Squad chemistry, formations and meta mechanics are studied layers
Mario Tennis Aces
Character matchups and tech 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.