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FAR: Lone Sails cover artvsRain on Your Parade cover art

FAR: Lone SailsvsRain on Your Parade

FAR: Lone Sails leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rain on Your Parade leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
FAR: Lone SailsRain on Your Parade

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Rain on Your Parade leans harder on variance: Level gimmicks surprise only on first encounter

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Rain on Your Parade