Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsFAR: Lone Sails
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than FAR: Lone Sails, and the gap is optimization.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
FAR: Lone Sails
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Quiet side-scrolling journey piloting a land-ship across a dried-out sea.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); FAR: Lone Sails leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasFAR: Lone Sails
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 2
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
FAR: Lone Sails
Light platforming and timely lever pulls
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
FAR: Lone Sails
No opponent of any kind
Variance2 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
FAR: Lone Sails
Mostly fixed obstacles, minor unknowns first run
Optimization8 vs 5
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on optimization.
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
FAR: Lone Sails
Fuel management and ship-routine efficiency are the game
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.