Building comparison
head to head
ISS Pro Evolution 2vsSuper Mario World
ISS Pro Evolution 2 asks more than Super Mario World, and the gap is reads.
ISS Pro Evolution 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Classic football execution - touch, timing and finishing - with human mind-games on top.
Super Mario World
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.
ISS Pro Evolution 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
ISS Pro Evolution 2Super Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
ISS Pro Evolution 2
First-touch control, through-ball timing and finishing decide matches
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Reads4 vs 0
ISS Pro Evolution 2 leans clearly harder on reads.
ISS Pro Evolution 2
Versus humans, baiting tackles and disguising passes matters
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Variance2 vs 1
ISS Pro Evolution 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
ISS Pro Evolution 2
Slight bounce and keeper randomness within a deterministic sim
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Optimization3 vs 4
Super Mario World leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
ISS Pro Evolution 2
Formation and player-role knowledge gives a modest edge
Super Mario World
Secret exits and route knowledge add a modest solvable 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.