Building comparison
head to head
Gun.SmokevsSuper Mario Odyssey
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Gun.Smoke
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A punishing western arcade shooter testing directional-fire dexterity.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Gun.Smoke leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Gun.SmokeSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gun.Smoke
Three-way shot aiming under relentless scroll pressure
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.
Gun.Smoke
Outlaws spawn in fixed patterns
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gun.Smoke
Item barrels sit in the same spots every credit
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization4 vs 5
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Gun.Smoke
Boss patterns and item routes reward memorisation
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.