head to head
Super Mario Odyssey asks more than Galaxy Force, and the gap is optimization.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic arcade rail-shooter piloting a futuristic starfighter.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Galaxy Force leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Galaxy Force
precise flight-shooting reflex control
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Galaxy Force
no opponent, scripted arcade enemies
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Galaxy Force
minimal randomness, fixed encounters
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on optimization.
Galaxy Force
pattern memorization and route optimization
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.