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

Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A comedic twitch top-down shooter set in a cartoon war.
Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Trench Attack! leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Super Trench Attack!
Twitch aiming and dodging is the core
Super Trench Attack! leans clearly harder on reads.
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Super Trench Attack!
Enemies follow scripted AI, not adaptive
Super Trench Attack! leans clearly harder on variance.
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Super Trench Attack!
Enemy spawns add modest unpredictability
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Super Mario World
Secret exits and route knowledge add a modest solvable layer
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.