head to head

FAR: Lone Sails cover artvsThe Big Con cover art

FAR: Lone SailsvsThe Big Con

FAR: Lone Sails leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Big Con leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
FAR: Lone SailsThe Big Con

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Big Con leans harder on reads: NPCs scripted, no adaptive opponent

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

full breakdown

FAR: Lone Sails

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The Big Con