Building comparison
head to head
Lost Lands: Dark OverlordvsPortal 2
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Lost Lands: Dark Overlord demands more variance; Portal 2 demands more optimization.
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A hidden-object adventure about solving fixed environmental and inventory puzzles.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Lost Lands: Dark OverlordPortal 2
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 3
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord
Point-and-click; no timing or aim demands
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.
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord
Solo with no adaptive adversary
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance2 vs 0
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord leans clearly harder on variance.
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord
Hidden objects and clues unknown until found
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Optimization6 vs 9
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Lost Lands: Dark Overlord
Solving fixed inventory puzzles is the entire game
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.