Building comparison
head to head
NCAA College Football 2K3vsSalt and Sanctuary
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
NCAA College Football 2K3
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A college football sim about playbooks and rosters.
Salt and Sanctuary
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A 2D Souls-like with metroidvania exploration.
NCAA College Football 2K3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Salt and Sanctuary leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
NCAA College Football 2K3Salt and Sanctuary
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
NCAA College Football 2K3
snap timing and throwing precision
Salt and Sanctuary
Souls-like timing in 2D
Reads2 vs 2
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
NCAA College Football 2K3
scripted CPU defense, not adaptive
Salt and Sanctuary
Scripted bosses with telegraphs
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
NCAA College Football 2K3
fumbles and bounce randomness
Salt and Sanctuary
Loot drops
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
NCAA College Football 2K3
playbook and roster management
Salt and Sanctuary
Skill tree builds and gear routing
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.