Building comparison
head to head
Guitar Hero IIvsRocksmith 2014
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Guitar Hero II
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Sequel rhythm game with harder setlists and refined plastic-guitar technique.
Rocksmith 2014
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A pure physical-execution trainer - playing a real guitar accurately on time.
Guitar Hero II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rocksmith 2014 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Guitar Hero IIRocksmith 2014
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guitar Hero II
Harder charts, hammer-ons, and three-note chords
Rocksmith 2014
Real fretting and picking accuracy is literally the whole game
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guitar Hero II
Static note highways
Rocksmith 2014
No opponent, only the song
Variance0 vs 0
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guitar Hero II
Fully deterministic charts
Rocksmith 2014
Charts are fully known in advance
Optimization2 vs 2
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guitar Hero II
Star power pathing for leaderboard play
Rocksmith 2014
Practice scheduling helps but solves nothing for your hands
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.