Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsProject Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Borderlands 2 asks more than Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue, and the gap is execution.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A short horror puzzle that tests curiosity about hidden alternative solutions.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 1
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Top-down walking and menu choices only
Reads1 vs 0
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Scripted horror events, nothing models the player
Variance6 vs 4
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Hidden rules and alternate solutions are the hook until discovered
Optimization8 vs 5
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Puzzles reward experimenting toward fully mappable answers
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.