Building comparison
head to head
PortalvsThe Lost Vikings 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Portal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The portal-gun puzzle game whose solutions are everything.
The Lost Vikings 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A puzzle-platformer requiring coordination of multiple heroes with unique abilities.
Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Lost Vikings 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
PortalThe Lost Vikings 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Portal leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Portal
Portal placement timing modest.
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
No adversary modeling player.
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
Deterministic chambers; no randomness.
The Lost Vikings 2
negligible randomness
Optimization8 vs 7
Portal leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Portal
Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
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.