Building comparison
head to head
Super Meat BoyvsTrials Fusion
Trials Fusion asks more than Super Meat Boy, and the gap is optimization.
Super Meat Boy
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A brutally precise platformer about dying thousands of times.
Trials Fusion
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Futuristic sequel to the Trials physics-bike series with FMX tricks and brutally precise tracks.
Super Meat Boy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials Fusion leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Meat BoyTrials Fusion
Axis by axis
Execution10 vs 9
Super Meat Boy leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Super Meat Boy
Pure twitch platforming, frame-perfect jumps
Trials Fusion
Frame-tight balance and throttle inputs
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 Meat Boy
No adaptive opponent
Trials Fusion
No adaptive opposition
Variance1 vs 0
Super Meat Boy leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Super Meat Boy
Fully deterministic levels
Trials Fusion
Deterministic physics, known tracks
Optimization3 vs 5
Trials Fusion leans clearly harder on optimization.
Super Meat Boy
Route memorization optimizes times
Trials Fusion
Optimal lines and trick scoring are learnable
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.