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L.A. NoirevsLast Window: The Secret of Cape West

L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Last Window: The Secret of Cape West leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
L.A. NoireLast Window: The Secret of Cape West

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

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.

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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Last Window: The Secret of Cape West