head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Hardcore Eastern Front shooter where exposure for seconds means death.

Reads · Competitive PvP
The Wii entry whose slower pace and infamous random tripping pushed Smash toward defensive mind games.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Smash Bros. Brawl leans Reads (Competitive PvP).
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Realistic ballistics and one-shot kills demand precise aim.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Slower engine lowers the ceiling but spacing still needs hands.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Anticipating human teams' pushes and covered angles.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Defensive bait-and-punish yomi dominates its floaty neutral.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Suppression, concealment, and unseen shooters.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Random tripping injects genuine uncontrollable RNG into movement.
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Map chokepoints and role mechanics reward study.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Matchup knowledge and ledge play reward study within a campy meta.
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.