Building comparison
head to head
Human CannonballvsPortal 2
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Human Cannonball demands more variance; Portal 2 demands more optimization.
Human Cannonball
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A classic arcade game about computing the trajectory to land in a bucket.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Human Cannonball leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Human CannonballPortal 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Human Cannonball leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Human Cannonball
Firing requires no real motor precision
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.
Human Cannonball
No opponent to model in this arcade game
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance3 vs 0
Human Cannonball leans clearly harder on variance.
Human Cannonball
Some variations randomize the target distance
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Optimization7 vs 9
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Human Cannonball
Calculating angle, speed and position is the whole 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.