Building comparison
head to head
Super Mario OdysseyvsVVVVVV
Super Mario Odyssey asks more than VVVVVV, and the gap is optimization.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
VVVVVV
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A brutal minimalist platformer where flipping gravity replaces jumping.
Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); VVVVVV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Mario OdysseyVVVVVV
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
VVVVVV leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
VVVVVV
Pixel-perfect gravity flips through spike gauntlets
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 Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
VVVVVV
No opponent
Variance1 vs 0
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
VVVVVV
Every hazard is fixed and visible
Optimization5 vs 3
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on optimization.
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
VVVVVV
Routes are short and obvious; execution is everything
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.