Building comparison
head to head
FAR: Changing TidesvsPlanet of Lana
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
FAR: Changing Tides
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Meditative sequel sailing and diving a hybrid ship through flooded ruins.
Planet of Lana
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Painterly cinematic puzzle platformer about a girl and her cat-like companion.
FAR: Changing Tides leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Planet of Lana leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
FAR: Changing TidesPlanet of Lana
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Planet of Lana leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
FAR: Changing Tides
Simple swimming, climbing, and sail handling
Planet of Lana
Gentle platforming and chase sequences
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FAR: Changing Tides
Solo voyage with no adaptive opposition
Planet of Lana
Machines follow scripted patterns
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FAR: Changing Tides
Set-piece obstacles, little randomness
Planet of Lana
Fully authored puzzles
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FAR: Changing Tides
Managing sail, engine, and fuel loops efficiently
Planet of Lana
Companion-command puzzles have single solutions
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.