Building comparison
head to head
HobvsRochard
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Hob
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Wordless action-adventure where you rearrange a broken mechanical world.
Rochard
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Solving fixed gravity-manipulation puzzles with light physics platforming.
Hob leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Rochard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
HobRochard
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hob
Dodge-roll combat and platforming with moderate timing
Rochard
Light platforming and aimed throws, rarely demanding
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hob
Creatures attack on fixed patterns
Rochard
Guards follow simple scripts, never adapt
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hob
World secrets unknown until uncovered
Rochard
Puzzle rooms are fixed and visible
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hob
World-transforming puzzles and upgrade routing carry the game
Rochard
Gravity-manipulation puzzles each have a findable solution
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.