Building comparison
head to head
Oddworld: SoulstormvsSuper Paper Mario
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A reimagined Exoddus where Abe crafts tools from scavenged trash to free his enslaved kin.
Super Paper Mario
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A puzzle-leaning platformer testing perspective-flip problem solving more than reflexes.
Oddworld: Soulstorm leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Paper Mario leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Oddworld: SoulstormSuper Paper Mario
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Oddworld: Soulstorm leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Crafting under fire plus precise platforming
Super Paper Mario
Light platforming demands, well below mainline Mario
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Scripted Slig behavior throughout
Super Paper Mario
Enemies follow simple fixed patterns, no adaptation
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Loot containers add mild randomness
Super Paper Mario
Dimension-flip secrets are scripted-but-unknown until found
Optimization7 vs 6
Oddworld: Soulstorm leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Crafting economy and quarma routing reward optimization
Super Paper Mario
Solving levels via the 2D/3D flip mechanic is the core test
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.