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Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case cover artvsLife is Strange cover art

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London CasevsLife is Strange

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Life is Strange leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London CaseLife is Strange

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case leans harder on reads: Suspects are scripted, not adapting to your deductions

Variance2 vs 3

Life is Strange leans harder on variance: Rewind obscures which choices are truly consequential

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.

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Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case

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Life is Strange