Building comparison
head to head
Halo 3: ODSTvsRed Dead Redemption
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Halo 3: ODST
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Moody Halo side story about ordinary troopers piecing together a night in New Mombasa.
Red Dead Redemption
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world western about an outlaw forced to hunt down his old gang.
Halo 3: ODST leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Halo 3: ODSTRed Dead Redemption
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Halo 3: ODST leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Halo 3: ODST
Squishier soldier demands careful aim and positioning
Red Dead Redemption
Dead Eye softens but gunplay still wants aim
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Halo 3: ODST
Covenant patrols are scripted, not adaptive
Red Dead Redemption
Multiplayer skirmishes add light human prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Halo 3: ODST
Open Mombasa hides clues until found
Red Dead Redemption
Ambient events and spawns vary mildly
Optimization6 vs 5
Halo 3: ODST leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Halo 3: ODST
Firefight wave knowledge and route planning
Red Dead Redemption
Mission approaches and economy are 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.