Building comparison
head to head
Commandos: Behind Enemy LinesvsPortal 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Real-time stealth tactics where each mission is a clockwork puzzle of guard routes.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Commandos: Behind Enemy LinesPortal 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Timing guard windows takes precise clicks
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
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: Behind Enemy Lines
Patrols are fixed routes, never adaptive
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance1 vs 0
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
All guard cones and routes are visible
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
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: Behind Enemy Lines
Each mission is a solvable stealth puzzle
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
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.