Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsRental
Borderlands 2 asks more than Rental, and the gap is optimization.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Rental
Variance · Systems & Chaos
A short scripted horror walk whose only test is not knowing what comes next.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Rental leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2Rental
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 1
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Rental
Walking through a short spook house demands no dexterity
Reads1 vs 0
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Rental
Scares are scripted, nothing adapts to you
Variance6 vs 4
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Rental
First playthrough runs entirely on unknown scripted events
Optimization8 vs 3
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
Rental
Once seen, the whole route is trivially known
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.