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Lockdown Protocol cover artvsSea of Thieves cover art

Lockdown ProtocolvsSea of Thieves

Lockdown Protocol leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction); Sea of Thieves leans Reads (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION3 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Lockdown ProtocolSea of Thieves

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 6

Sea of Thieves leans harder on execution: Ship sailing and naval gunnery require hands

Reads8 vs 7

Lockdown Protocol leans harder on reads: Proximity-voice interrogation of adaptive human liars dominates.

Variance6 vs 5

Lockdown Protocol leans harder on variance: Hidden dissident roles and random tasks obscure information.

Optimization3 vs 5

Sea of Thieves leans harder on optimization: Routes, loadouts, ship setups solvable

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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