Building comparison
head to head
Mirror's Edge CatalystvsSuper Metroid
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world reboot of Mirror's Edge centered on free-running across the city of Glass.
Super Metroid
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Movement execution and route optimisation through a fixed, mappable planet.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mirror's Edge CatalystSuper Metroid
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.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Flow-state parkour with timing-based combat
Super Metroid
Wall-jumps, shinesparks and boss dodges demand precise inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Enemies are scripted obstacles
Super Metroid
Bosses cycle fixed patterns, never adapting
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Open world is static once explored
Super Metroid
Item and route knowledge is fixed once discovered
Optimization6 vs 7
Super Metroid leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Time trials reward optimal route discovery
Super Metroid
Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game
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.