Building comparison
head to head
Madden NFL FootballvsSplatoon 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Madden NFL Football
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The long-running American football simulation series.
Splatoon 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A team shooter where aim and positioning against human opponents controls the map.
Madden NFL Football leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Madden NFL FootballSplatoon 2
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.
Madden NFL Football
passing, running, and tackling precision
Splatoon 2
aim and movement decide ink battles
Reads5 vs 5
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Madden NFL Football
human opponents disguise and read plays
Splatoon 2
predicting human opponent positioning
Variance3 vs 2
Madden NFL Football leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Madden NFL Football
fumble and injury randomness
Splatoon 2
weapon and map rotation 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.
Madden NFL Football
playbook and roster management depth
Splatoon 2
loadout and turf strategy 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.