head to head
vs
L.A. NoirevsLone Survivor: The Director's Cut
L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
L.A. NoireLone Survivor: The Director's Cut
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut leans harder on execution: Some stealth-timing and resource-limited combat.
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.