Building comparison
head to head
Red Dead Redemption 2vsSuper Mario Galaxy
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, 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 Galaxy
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Mid-demand 3D platforming execution across fixed gravity puzzles.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2Super Mario Galaxy
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Super Mario Galaxy leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Super Mario Galaxy
Gravity-bending jumps need timing, though forgiving by Mario standards
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 Galaxy
Bosses repeat fixed patterns - nothing adapts
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 Galaxy
Galaxies are scripted; surprises evaporate after one visit
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
Super Mario Galaxy
Star routes and comet challenges reward learned solutions
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.