Building comparison
head to head
100 March CatsvsL.A. Noire
L.A. Noire asks more than 100 March Cats, and the gap is optimization.
100 March Cats
Variance · Systems & Chaos
A relaxed visual scan for hidden cats with nothing else underneath.
L.A. Noire
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
1940s detective procedural built around crime scenes and reading scripted interrogation tells.
100 March Cats leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
100 March CatsL.A. Noire
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
L.A. Noire leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
100 March Cats
Clicking found cats takes no skill
L.A. Noire
Light shooting and driving, very forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
100 March Cats
Nothing adapts in a still picture
L.A. Noire
Suspects follow fixed scripts, never adapt
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
100 March Cats
Cat positions are unknown until spotted, once
L.A. Noire
Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Optimization2 vs 5
L.A. Noire leans clearly harder on optimization.
100 March Cats
Systematic screen-scanning is the only technique
L.A. Noire
Evidence chains and question choices have fixed correct answers
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.