Building comparison
head to head
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionvsSuper Mario Maker 2
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A combat metroidvania testing precise platforming execution against fixed enemy patterns.
Super Mario Maker 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A platformer creation tool where precise jumps and timing carry both building and playing.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Maker 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionSuper Mario Maker 2
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.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Combo brawling and dimension-swap platforming demand tight inputs
Super Mario Maker 2
precise platforming and timing required
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Enemies and bosses are colour-coded fixed patterns
Super Mario Maker 2
no opponents in level play
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Hand-built world with nothing random
Super Mario Maker 2
minimal randomness in level design
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Ability-gated routing and upgrade order reward planning
Super Mario Maker 2
level routes and tricks 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.