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FAR: Lone Sails cover artvsRick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality cover art

FAR: Lone SailsvsRick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

FAR: Lone Sails leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
FAR: Lone SailsRick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

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

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality leans harder on variance: Gags and solutions are hidden once, then known

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.

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FAR: Lone Sails

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Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality