Building comparison
head to head
Impossible MissionvsPostal 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Impossible Mission
Execution · Practiced Mastery
C64 classic about somersaulting past robots to assemble a password.
Postal 2
Execution · Twitch Chaos
An open-world provocation sandbox where escalating NPC reactions reward creative routing more than precise gunplay.
Impossible Mission leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Impossible MissionPostal 2
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.
Impossible Mission
Pixel-precise flips past patrolling robots
Postal 2
First-person gunplay and melee require moderate aim under escalating chaos
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Impossible Mission
Robots patrol on fixed behaviours
Postal 2
NPCs react to player actions but follow scripted response trees
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Impossible Mission
Puzzle pieces randomized each playthrough
Postal 2
NPC crowd reactions and police escalation introduce real run variability
Optimization5 vs 4
Impossible Mission leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Impossible Mission
Search routing under the time limit
Postal 2
Errand routing and weapon selection provide a shallow planning layer
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.