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Her StoryvsL.A. Noire
Her Story leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Her StoryL.A. Noire
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 2
L.A. Noire leans harder on execution: Light shooting and driving, very forgiving
Reads1 vs 0
Her Story leans harder on reads: Subject is recorded, not adaptive.
Variance5 vs 4
Her Story leans harder on variance: Hidden clips revealed by guessed keywords.
Optimization7 vs 5
Her Story leans harder on optimization: Efficient search strategy reconstructs the case.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.