Building comparison
head to head
BlasphemousvsDevil May Cry 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Blasphemous
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A grim 2D action metroidvania steeped in religious horror.
Devil May Cry 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The black-sheep sequel whose passive enemies and dominant guns sand the series' skill ceiling way down.
Blasphemous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BlasphemousDevil May Cry 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Blasphemous leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Blasphemous
Punishing 2D combat and platforming
Devil May Cry 2
Infamously easy; guns trivialize most encounters
Reads1 vs 0
Blasphemous leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Blasphemous
Scripted bosses
Devil May Cry 2
Passive enemy AI never pressures, let alone adapts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blasphemous
Static world
Devil May Cry 2
Flat authored levels hide little
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Blasphemous
Rosary bead builds and routing
Devil May Cry 2
Amulet builds and boss patterns fall fast
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.