head to head
vs
Heavy RainvsL.A. Noire
Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Heavy RainL.A. Noire
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Heavy Rain leans harder on execution: QTE prompts under tension
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 4
L.A. Noire leans harder on variance: Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Optimization3 vs 5
L.A. Noire leans harder on optimization: Evidence chains and question choices have fixed correct answers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.