Building comparison
head to head
Mega Man 2vsSuper Contra
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Mega Man 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
NES platformer that codified boss-weakness ordering and tight jump-and-shoot play.
Super Contra
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Memorising spawn patterns then executing them flawlessly under one-hit-death rules.
Mega Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mega Man 2Super Contra
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mega Man 2
precise jumps and boss dodges under pressure
Super Contra
One-hit deaths demand precise dodging and constant accurate fire
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mega Man 2
robot masters follow strict patterns
Super Contra
Alien waves follow fixed spawn scripts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mega Man 2
deterministic once stage layouts known
Super Contra
Nothing random once spawn patterns are memorised
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mega Man 2
weapon-weakness ordering is the classic solve
Super Contra
Memorising spawns and weapon routes is half the run
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.