Building comparison
head to head
Borderlands 2vsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Borderlands 2 asks more than Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and the gap is execution.
Borderlands 2
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Loot-shooter RPG built on gear chasing.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A physics sandbox where you place wobbly armies and watch ragdoll battles resolve themselves.
Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Borderlands 2Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 1
Borderlands 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Borderlands 2
Aim matters but generous hit feel
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Place units then watch; no hands required
Reads1 vs 0
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Enemies are scripted loot fodder
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
No adaptive opponent in campaign sandbox
Variance6 vs 5
Borderlands 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Borderlands 2
Procedurally generated weapon drops vary
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Wobbly physics makes identical setups resolve differently
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
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Unit counters and placement solve each scenario
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.