Building comparison
head to head
Commandos 2: Men of CouragevsHitman 2 (2018)
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Deeper sequel turning occupied-Europe missions into intricate solvable stealth puzzles.
Hitman 2 (2018)
Optimization · Pure Optimization
More giant clockwork sandboxes where mapping NPC schedules is the real skill.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hitman 2 (2018) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Commandos 2: Men of CourageHitman 2 (2018)
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Commandos 2: Men of Courage leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Multi-commando coordination under timing windows
Hitman 2 (2018)
Minimal dexterity needed with a solid plan
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Scripted patrols with no adaptation
Hitman 2 (2018)
Clockwork NPC loops, nothing adapts
Variance1 vs 2
Hitman 2 (2018) leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Vision cones shown; layouts fixed
Hitman 2 (2018)
Mission stories hidden until explored
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Open-ended missions still reduce to solved routes
Hitman 2 (2018)
Routing, disguises, and unlocks converge on solved runs
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.