Building comparison
head to head
Earth Defense Force 6vsFar Cry 4
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Earth Defense Force 6
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Time-looping sequel that doubles down on the swarm-shooting and weapon-farming loop.
Far Cry 4
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A Himalayan open-world shooter refining the outpost-clearing formula.
Earth Defense Force 6 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Earth Defense Force 6Far Cry 4
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Far Cry 4 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Earth Defense Force 6
Swarm kiting and aim across four classes
Far Cry 4
Gunplay plus gyrocopter and elephant chaos
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Earth Defense Force 6
Enemies remain scripted swarm AI
Far Cry 4
Scripted outpost AI
Variance3 vs 2
Earth Defense Force 6 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Earth Defense Force 6
RNG weapon drops and armor farming
Far Cry 4
Wildlife and patrol variation
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Earth Defense Force 6
Loadout theory and mission-specific strategies
Far Cry 4
Outpost approaches and skill trees are plannable
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.