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L.A. Noire cover artvsRemothered: Tormented Fathers cover art

L.A. NoirevsRemothered: Tormented Fathers

L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Remothered: Tormented Fathers leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
L.A. NoireRemothered: Tormented Fathers

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Remothered: Tormented Fathers leans harder on execution: Chase escapes need timing but forgiving

Reads0 vs 1

Remothered: Tormented Fathers leans harder on reads: Stalker AI patrols, doesn't truly model you

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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L.A. Noire

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Remothered: Tormented Fathers