Building comparison
head to head
Splinter Cell: BlacklistvsSuperHot
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Choosing between three distinct playstyle routes through consistent guard layouts for optimal SMI scores.
SuperHot
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
FPS scenarios converted into solvable sequencing puzzles by stopped time.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SuperHot leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Splinter Cell: BlacklistSuperHot
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Mark-and-execute and fast takedowns raise the physical ceiling
SuperHot
Time-stops-when-you-stop removes most twitch pressure
Reads1 vs 0
Splinter Cell: Blacklist leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Enemies react on scripted alert logic, not player-specific profiling
SuperHot
Red guys follow spawn scripts, not minds
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Patrol density and item placement are consistent across runs
SuperHot
Spawn order is unknown on a first attempt only
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
SMI scoring system incentivises optimal ghost, panther, or assault routing
SuperHot
Each level is a solvable movement-and-kill-order puzzle
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.