Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsSherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Borderlands 2 asks more than Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, and the gap is execution.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Scripted detective work that tests gathering hidden clues and assembling the intended deduction.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 1
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Walking and clicking through scenes, no twitch demands
Reads1 vs 0
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
The case is fully scripted, nothing models you
Variance6 vs 4
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Clues are hidden information until each scene is searched
Optimization8 vs 6
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Deduction chains have one solvable correct answer
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.