Building comparison
head to head
Diablo IVvsL.A. Noire
Diablo IV asks more than L.A. Noire, and the gap is optimization.
Diablo IV
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
An ARPG loot grind about chasing affix rolls to feed a damage-stack build.
L.A. Noire
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
1940s detective procedural built around crime scenes and reading scripted interrogation tells.
Diablo IV leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Diablo IVL.A. Noire
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Diablo IV leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Diablo IV
Clicking and dodging are light; gear carries you.
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.
Diablo IV
Enemies and bosses are scripted; no adaptive opponent.
L.A. Noire
Suspects follow fixed scripts, never adapt
Variance6 vs 4
Diablo IV leans clearly harder on variance.
Diablo IV
Loot rolls, affixes, and uniques drive every session.
L.A. Noire
Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Optimization8 vs 5
Diablo IV leans clearly harder on optimization.
Diablo IV
Paragon, aspects, and damage buckets are solvable theorycraft.
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.