Building comparison
head to head
Portal 2vsThe Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Portal 2 demands more execution; The Testament of Sherlock Holmes demands more variance.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Evidence-gathering and deduction-board logic with no physical or adversarial layer.
Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Testament of Sherlock Holmes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Portal 2The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 0
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Pointing and clicking through crime scenes
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 Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Suspects are written, not adapting
Variance0 vs 3
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes leans clearly harder on variance.
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Clues are hidden information until uncovered
Optimization9 vs 7
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
The deduction board is a solvable logic 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.