Building comparison
head to head
Far Cry 4vsSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Far Cry 4
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A Himalayan open-world shooter refining the outpost-clearing formula.
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Execution · Practiced Mastery
An over-the-top horde shooter throwing hundreds of charging enemies at you.
Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 4Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Far Cry 4
Gunplay plus gyrocopter and elephant chaos
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Circle-strafing huge horde waves tests stamina and aim
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 Cry 4
Scripted outpost AI
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Enemies charge in fixed patterns
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Far Cry 4
Wildlife and patrol variation
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Wave compositions memorised after one run
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Far Cry 4
Outpost approaches and skill trees are plannable
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Prioritising targets and managing arenas is solvable
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.