Building comparison
head to head
Hidden & Dangerous 2vsMicrosoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Planning squad approaches to scripted missions where one mistake kills.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Global flight sim built on real weather and procedures.
Hidden & Dangerous 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hidden & Dangerous 2Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Deliberate aim and stealth movement punish sloppy hands
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Procedure execution, instrument flying skill
Reads1 vs 0
Hidden & Dangerous 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Hidden & Dangerous 2
German AI follows patrol scripts, not adapting to you
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
No adaptive opponents, ATC scripted
Variance3 vs 3
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Patrol routes and enemy positions are unknown first attempt
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Real weather and live traffic
Optimization7 vs 6
Hidden & Dangerous 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Squad planning, loadouts and approach routing decide missions
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Flight planning, systems mastery, routing
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.
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