Building comparison
head to head
Angry Birds Star WarsvsPortal
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Angry Birds Star Wars demands more variance; Portal demands more optimization.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Hunting each level's optimal slingshot solution under mild physics noise.
Portal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The portal-gun puzzle game whose solutions are everything.
Angry Birds Star Wars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Angry Birds Star WarsPortal
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Portal leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Slingshot aim needs only mild touch precision
Portal
Portal placement timing modest.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Pigs sit motionless awaiting demolition
Portal
No adversary modeling player.
Variance2 vs 0
Angry Birds Star Wars leans clearly harder on variance.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Physics tumbles add slight outcome noise per shot
Portal
Deterministic chambers; no randomness.
Optimization6 vs 8
Portal leans clearly harder on optimization.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Finding each level's three-star shot solution is the game
Portal
Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
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.