Building comparison
head to head
Mega Man 4vsMirror's Edge Catalyst
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Mega Man 4
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Classic platforming testing precise execution and the solvable boss-weakness order.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world reboot of Mirror's Edge centered on free-running across the city of Glass.
Mega Man 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mega Man 4Mirror's Edge Catalyst
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.
Mega Man 4
Precise jumps and buster timing through gauntlet stages
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Flow-state parkour with timing-based combat
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 4
Robot Masters cycle fixed memorisable patterns
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Enemies are scripted obstacles
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 4
Nothing random once stages are learned
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Open world is static once explored
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 4
Weapon-weakness ordering and stage routing are the meta-puzzle
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Time trials reward optimal route discovery
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.