Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsSilent Hill: Downpour
Borderlands 2 asks more than Silent Hill: Downpour, and the gap is execution.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Silent Hill: Downpour
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
An open-town horror entry with dynamic rain that intensifies the otherworld.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Silent Hill: Downpour leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2Silent Hill: Downpour
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 3
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Silent Hill: Downpour
Improvised melee asks little mechanical skill
Reads1 vs 0
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Silent Hill: Downpour
Enemies and the Void are scripted
Variance6 vs 4
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Silent Hill: Downpour
Weather shifts and side quests hide information first run
Optimization8 vs 6
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Borderlands 2
Skill trees and gear math heavily solved
Silent Hill: Downpour
Routes, puzzles, and morality endings are solvable
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.