Building comparison
head to head
Lunar PoolvsSuper Mario 64
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Lunar Pool
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Aiming precision and shot planning across sixty deterministic pool tables.
Super Mario 64
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A test of 3D movement control with a deep routing layer underneath.
Lunar Pool leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Lunar PoolSuper Mario 64
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.
Lunar Pool
Cue angle and power precision decide every pocketed ball
Super Mario 64
Perfect analog inputs trivialise precise jumps, dives and wall-kicks
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Lunar Pool
Alternating-turn pool offers nothing to predict in an opponent
Super Mario 64
Solo platformer - no adaptive opponent anywhere
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Lunar Pool
Tables are fixed; physics are deterministic per friction setting
Super Mario 64
Star locations and level layouts are fixed once seen
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Lunar Pool
Planning shot order and leave across 60 tables rewards study
Super Mario 64
Star routing and movement tech form a deep 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.