Building comparison
head to head
EvolandvsPortal 2
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Evoland demands more variance; Portal 2 demands more optimization.
Evoland
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A genre-hopping adventure that evolves through gaming history as you play.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Evoland leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
EvolandPortal 2
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Evoland
Light Zelda-style action sections
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.
Evoland
No adaptive opponent
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance2 vs 0
Evoland leans clearly harder on variance.
Evoland
Some random encounters in RPG segments
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Optimization6 vs 9
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Evoland
Short, fully mappable progression gimmick
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.