Building comparison
head to head
Endless LegendvsPro Basketball Manager 2017
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Endless Legend
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Fantasy 4X with strong asymmetric factions and quest paths.
Pro Basketball Manager 2017
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A basketball team management simulation game.
Endless Legend leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pro Basketball Manager 2017 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Endless LegendPro Basketball Manager 2017
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Endless Legend leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Endless Legend
turn-based
Pro Basketball Manager 2017
management sim, no physical execution ceiling
Reads3 vs 2
Endless Legend leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Endless Legend
scripted AI, limited MP
Pro Basketball Manager 2017
opposing managers create light adaptive pressure
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Endless Legend
quest and tech rolls
Pro Basketball Manager 2017
match simulation involves random rolls
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Endless Legend
faction-specific yield optimization
Pro Basketball Manager 2017
roster and tactics optimization is the core loop
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.