Building comparison
head to head
ShankvsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Shank
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Combo execution and dodge timing through scripted grindhouse brawls.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic beat-em-up demanding execution against scripted enemy waves.
Shank leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
ShankTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Shank
Combo juggling and dodge timing carry every brawl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
beat-em-up timing and enemy juggling
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Shank
Enemies and bosses attack on fixed patterns
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
enemies run simple fixed scripts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Shank
Hand-built levels with no randomness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
minor enemy spawn randomness
Optimization3 vs 3
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Shank
Weapon-swap combo routing rewards some lab work
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
character choice and route memorization
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.