head to head
Super Trench Attack! asks more than Super Mario Odyssey, and the gap is reads.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A comedic twitch top-down shooter set in a cartoon war.
Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Trench Attack! leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Super Trench Attack!
Twitch aiming and dodging is the core
Super Trench Attack! leans clearly harder on reads.
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Super Trench Attack!
Enemies follow scripted AI, not adaptive
Super Trench Attack! leans clearly harder on variance.
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Super Trench Attack!
Enemy spawns add modest unpredictability
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
Super Trench Attack!
Weapon and upgrade choices offer light planning
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.