Building comparison
head to head
Portal 2vsThe Lost Vikings 2
Portal 2 asks more than The Lost Vikings 2, and the gap is optimization.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
The Lost Vikings 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A puzzle-platformer requiring coordination of multiple heroes with unique abilities.
Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Lost Vikings 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Portal 2The Lost Vikings 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.
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
The Lost Vikings 2
minor timing for character-specific actions
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.
The Lost Vikings 2
no adversarial adaptive opponent
Variance0 vs 1
The Lost Vikings 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
The Lost Vikings 2
negligible randomness
Optimization9 vs 7
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
The Lost Vikings 2
multi-character puzzle-solving is the core test
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.