Building comparison
head to head
Rock Band 2vsSuper Mario World
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Rock Band 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The full-band rhythm game whose setlist and feel made it the genre's high-water mark.
Super Mario World
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.
Rock Band 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Rock Band 2Super Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Rock Band 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Rock Band 2
Guitar, drum, and vocal accuracy on expert charts
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Rock Band 2
Charts never respond
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Variance0 vs 1
Super Mario World leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Rock Band 2
Fixed setlist charts
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Rock Band 2
Overdrive activation paths decide leaderboard scores
Super Mario World
Secret exits and route knowledge add a modest solvable layer
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.