Building comparison
head to head
Red Dead Redemption 2vsSuper Mario 3D Land
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Super Mario 3D Land
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A bite-sized 3D Mario that compresses Galaxy-style level design into linear handheld courses.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 3D Land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2Super Mario 3D Land
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Super Mario 3D Land
3D jumps and special-world remixes need clean control
Reads1 vs 0
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Super Mario 3D Land
Scripted enemies and bosses only
Variance2 vs 1
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Super Mario 3D Land
Star coin locations hidden on first pass
Optimization4 vs 5
Super Mario 3D Land leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
Super Mario 3D Land
Star coin collection and power-up management are solvable
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.