head to head

FAR: Lone Sails cover artvsGrow: Song of the Evertree cover art

FAR: Lone SailsvsGrow: Song of the Evertree

FAR: Lone Sails leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Grow: Song of the Evertree leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
FAR: Lone SailsGrow: Song of the Evertree

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

FAR: Lone Sails leans harder on execution: Light platforming and timely lever pulls

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

FAR: Lone Sails leans harder on optimization: Fuel management and ship-routine efficiency are the game

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

FAR: Lone Sails

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Grow: Song of the Evertree