Building comparison
head to head
Super ContravsTony Hawk's Underground 2
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Super Contra
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Memorising spawn patterns then executing them flawlessly under one-hit-death rules.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Combo execution layered over solving each park's optimal scoring line.
Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tony Hawk's Underground 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super ContraTony Hawk's Underground 2
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.
Super Contra
One-hit deaths demand precise dodging and constant accurate fire
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Combo timing, balance meters and manuals demand practiced hands
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Contra
Alien waves follow fixed spawn scripts
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
No opponent adapts; score attack is solo
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Contra
Nothing random once spawn patterns are memorised
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Maps and goals are fixed and fully knowable
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Contra
Memorising spawns and weapon routes is half the run
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Finding the highest-scoring line through each park is solvable
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.