Building comparison
head to head
Serious Sam's Bogus DetourvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour asks more than Super Mario Odyssey, and the gap is reads.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A top-down shooter testing aim and movement against relentless enemy hordes.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Serious Sam's Bogus DetourSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Top-down aiming and crowd-dodging are the lead
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Reads2 vs 0
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour leans clearly harder on reads.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Enemy hordes follow scripted rushes, not adaptive
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance3 vs 1
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour leans clearly harder on variance.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Spawn timing and drops add some chaos
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Weapon choice and arena positioning matter underneath
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
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.