Building comparison
head to head
Red Dead RedemptionvsWatch Dogs
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Red Dead Redemption
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world western about an outlaw forced to hunt down his old gang.
Watch Dogs
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
An open-world action game where hacking the city's infrastructure is your main weapon.
Red Dead Redemption leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead RedemptionWatch Dogs
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
Dead Eye softens but gunplay still wants aim
Watch Dogs
Cover shooting and driving at modest difficulty
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption
Multiplayer skirmishes add light human prediction
Watch Dogs
Online invasions add a small human element
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption
Ambient events and spawns vary mildly
Watch Dogs
Guard placements are knowable on approach
Optimization5 vs 6
Watch Dogs leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption
Mission approaches and economy are learnable
Watch Dogs
Hacking chains and camera routes make stealth 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.