head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A Marvel team brawler where picking the right hero combos and fusions does the winning.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Co-op survival horror testing resource routing and scripted puzzle knowledge.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); ObsCure: The Aftermath leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Fusion timing and brawling are accessible.
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Clunky combat aim matters but forgivingly
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Fully scripted PvE encounters.
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Monsters follow scripted spawns and behaviours
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Small randomness in boosts and drops.
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Scares and items are fixed once known
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Roster synergy and fusion choices are the real lever.
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Ammo conservation, puzzles and character-ability routing carry runs
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.