Building comparison
head to head
Arkham Horror: Mother's EmbracevsBorderlands 2
Borderlands 2 asks more than Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace, and the gap is execution.
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A turn-based Lovecraftian investigation game about deduction and dice-based combat.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Arkham Horror: Mother's EmbraceBorderlands 2
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 5
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Turn-based actions need no twitch
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Scripted enemies don't model the player
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Variance6 vs 6
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Dice-driven combat and hidden mystery elements
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Optimization7 vs 8
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Investigation deduction and combat tactics drive it
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
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.