Building comparison
head to head
Portal 2vsResident Evil Code: Veronica X
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Portal 2 demands more optimization; Resident Evil Code: Veronica X demands more variance.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Survival horror testing inventory routing and ammo economy through a fixed mansion of scripts.
Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil Code: Veronica X leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Portal 2Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Tank controls and aimed shots under pressure need composure
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Zombies and bosses follow fixed scripted behaviour
Variance0 vs 2
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X leans clearly harder on variance.
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Item placements are scripted-but-unknown on first runs
Optimization9 vs 7
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Ammo economy, item routing and key puzzles drive everything
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.