Head to head

Which one will break you first?

Two fingerprints on one grid. Both are scored through your profile, so this answers the question for you rather than for the average player.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

2023 · Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10

Baseline2.4GENTLE
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

2019 · World's Edge

Baseline6.3PUNISHING

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is the harder of the two for you, by 3.9 points. The gap is widest on strategy, where Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition asks considerably more than Super Mario Bros. Wonder. If you want the gentler run, start with Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Axis by axis, biggest gap first

12.55.07.510
Strategy1.2
8.2
Learning Curve1.8
6.5
Grind1.9
4.7
Obscurity2.5
5.3
Punishment1.1
3.6
Reaction2.8
4.9
Execution2.9
4.9
Puzzle2.0
1.5
SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDERAGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITIONWIDEST GAP · STRATEGY · AGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITION +7.0

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER

Badges let you paper over whichever skill you lack. The special world at the end is the only place it stops being polite about that.

Relaxed. Failure is rare and cheap.

AGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITION

Build orders are the curve, and the campaigns teach almost none of what the game actually asks for. The hard AI does not forget its economy while it fights.

Sustained pressure. Progress is earned.