head to head
vs
A Normal Lost PhonevsLife is Strange
A Normal Lost Phone leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Life is Strange leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
A Normal Lost PhoneLife is Strange
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Life is Strange leans harder on execution: Rewind mechanic removes virtually any failure state
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
A Normal Lost Phone leans harder on variance: The phone's contents are hidden information to uncover
Optimization5 vs 5
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.