Building comparison
head to head
Katamari DamacyvsMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Katamari Damacy
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A surreal action game about rolling an ever-growing ball of everyday objects.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A stealth-action game where planning routes past scripted guards is the deep skill.
Katamari Damacy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Katamari DamacyMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance
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.
Katamari Damacy
Dual-stick rolling control, forgiving but real
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
stealth timing and aim matter
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Katamari Damacy
No opposition, just clutter
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
guards are scripted, no adaptation
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Katamari Damacy
Object layouts are fixed
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
minor patrol randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Katamari Damacy
Size-growth routing through each level
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
stealth routes and gadgets solvable
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.