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.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

2023 · Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3

Baseline4.3MODERATE
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 2.0 points. The gap is widest on strategy, where Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition asks considerably more than The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. If you want the gentler run, start with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Axis by axis, biggest gap first

12.55.07.510
Strategy4.5
8.2
Puzzle5.0
1.5
Learning Curve4.0
6.5
Grind3.0
4.7
Execution3.5
4.9
Obscurity4.4
5.3
Punishment2.8
3.6
Reaction4.2
4.9
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOMAGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITIONWIDEST GAP · STRATEGY · AGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITION +3.7

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM

Every problem has a build that solves it, so the difficulty is whether you think to make one. The Depths are darker and meaner than anything in Breath of the Wild.

You will lose sometimes. You will not mind.

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.