head to head
vs
L.A. NoirevsSilent Hill: The Short Message
L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Silent Hill: The Short Message leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
L.A. NoireSilent Hill: The Short Message
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
L.A. Noire leans harder on variance: Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Optimization5 vs 4
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.