Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsRemnant II
Remnant II asks more than Borderlands 2, and the gap is execution.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Remnant II
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Roguelike soulslike shooter with deep builds.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Remnant II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Borderlands 2Remnant II
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 7
Remnant II leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Remnant II
Soulslike dodges with gunplay timing
Reads1 vs 2
Remnant II leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Remnant II
Bosses scripted, not adaptive
Variance6 vs 6
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Remnant II
Procedural worlds and gear rolls vary
Optimization8 vs 7
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
Remnant II
Archetype builds and mod synergies deep
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.