head to head
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return asks more than Red Dead Redemption 2, and the gap is optimization.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A quest-stuffed 2.5D platformer where a pink-haired wild boy bites evil pigs to undo their curses.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Grab-and-throw platforming with moderate timing.
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.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Scripted pigs, no adaptation.
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.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Fixed events; quests are deterministic.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return leans clearly harder on optimization.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Interlocking 130-plus event quests reward sequencing.
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.