head to head
Super Mario Odyssey asks more than Operation C, and the gap is optimization.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic Contra-style run-and-gun about precise reflexes and firepower.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Operation C leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Operation C
precise run-and-gun reflexes and dodging
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Operation C
scripted enemy patterns, no adaptation
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Operation C
minimal randomness
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on optimization.
Operation C
weapon pickup routing knowledge
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
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.