head to head
vs
Frontier: Elite IIvsNo Man's Sky
Frontier: Elite II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); No Man's Sky leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Frontier: Elite IINo Man's Sky
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Frontier: Elite II leans harder on execution: Newtonian combat and manual landings need some hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Frontier: Elite II leans harder on variance: Procedural galaxy hides markets and encounters until charted
Optimization8 vs 8
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.