Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsCloverpit
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Borderlands 2 demands more execution; Cloverpit demands more variance.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Cloverpit
Variance · Systems & Chaos
Engineering perk synergies to beat a slot machine's RNG before the debt does.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Cloverpit leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2Cloverpit
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 1
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Cloverpit
Pulling a slot lever takes nothing
Reads1 vs 0
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Cloverpit
Solo against the machine - no mind to model
Variance6 vs 8
Cloverpit leans clearly harder on variance.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Cloverpit
Slot spins and perk offers drive every run's fate
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
Cloverpit
Stacking synergistic perks to beat the debt is the real game
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.