Building comparison
head to head
Magicka 2vsTomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Magicka 2
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Memorising and rapidly inputting spell recipes while dodging your own friends.
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
An Egypt-spanning classic Raider where interconnected routing is the real test.
Magicka 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Magicka 2Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Magicka 2
Typing element combos quickly mid-fight is the skill ceiling
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Classic grid platforming with precise jump setups
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Magicka 2
Enemies are scripted; friendly-fire chaos is not prediction
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Fixed enemy and trap scripts throughout Egypt
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Magicka 2
Co-op misfires add slapstick randomness, little else
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Interconnected level secrets are unknown initially
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Magicka 2
Knowing the strongest spell recipes trivialises encounters
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Hub-style backtracking makes routing the core puzzle
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.