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Bad Rats cover artvsL.A. Noire cover art

Bad RatsvsL.A. Noire

Bad Rats leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Bad RatsL.A. Noire

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

L.A. Noire leans harder on execution: Light shooting and driving, very forgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Bad Rats leans harder on optimization: Each contraption puzzle has intended solvable solutions

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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