head to head

FAR: Lone Sails cover artvsMekorama cover art

FAR: Lone SailsvsMekorama

FAR: Lone Sails leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mekorama leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
FAR: Lone SailsMekorama

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 6

Mekorama leans harder on optimization: Each diorama is a compact solvable spatial puzzle

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

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FAR: Lone Sails

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Mekorama