Building comparison
head to head
Human CannonballvsRatchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Human Cannonball
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A classic arcade game about computing the trajectory to land in a bucket.
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Time-manipulation puzzles meet the series' signature weapon-upgrade gunplay.
Human Cannonball leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Human CannonballRatchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Human Cannonball
Firing requires no real motor precision
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Hoverboot movement, aiming, and time-puzzle dexterity.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Human Cannonball
No opponent to model in this arcade game
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Entirely scripted single-player content.
Variance3 vs 2
Human Cannonball leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Human Cannonball
Some variations randomize the target distance
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
First-pass unknowns in puzzles and arenas.
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Human Cannonball
Calculating angle, speed and position is the whole puzzle
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Clank's time puzzles and weapon economy are solvable systems.
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.