Building comparison
head to head
DarksidersvsDevil May Cry 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Darksiders
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Zelda-meets-God-of-War action adventure starring the horseman War.
Devil May Cry 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The black-sheep sequel whose passive enemies and dominant guns sand the series' skill ceiling way down.
Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DarksidersDevil May Cry 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Darksiders leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Darksiders
combo-driven combat with dodge timing
Devil May Cry 2
Infamously easy; guns trivialize most encounters
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Darksiders
enemies are scripted
Devil May Cry 2
Passive enemy AI never pressures, let alone adapts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Darksiders
world and bosses are fixed
Devil May Cry 2
Flat authored levels hide little
Optimization6 vs 5
Darksiders leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Darksiders
Zelda-style dungeons and upgrade routing
Devil May Cry 2
Amulet builds and boss patterns fall fast
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.