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CSI: Miami leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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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.

Variance3 vs 4

L.A. Noire leans harder on variance: Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered

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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