Building comparison
head to head
A Building Full of CatsvsL.A. Noire
L.A. Noire asks more than A Building Full of Cats, and the gap is optimization.
A Building Full of Cats
Variance · Systems & Chaos
A hidden-object hunt that tests visual search until every cat location is known.
L.A. Noire
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
1940s detective procedural built around crime scenes and reading scripted interrogation tells.
A Building Full of Cats leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
A Building Full of CatsL.A. Noire
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
L.A. Noire leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
A Building Full of Cats
Clicking spotted cats takes no dexterity
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.
A Building Full of Cats
No opponent of any kind
L.A. Noire
Suspects follow fixed scripts, never adapt
Variance5 vs 4
A Building Full of Cats leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
A Building Full of Cats
Hidden cat locations are the entire challenge until found
L.A. Noire
Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Optimization3 vs 5
L.A. Noire leans clearly harder on optimization.
A Building Full of Cats
Systematic screen-scanning is the only strategy layer
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.