Building comparison
head to head
L.A. NoirevsStill Wakes the Deep
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
L.A. Noire
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
1940s detective procedural built around crime scenes and reading scripted interrogation tells.
Still Wakes the Deep
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A linear horror chase game tested by nerve management and environmental navigation under scripted creature pressure.
L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Still Wakes the Deep leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
L.A. NoireStill Wakes the Deep
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Still Wakes the Deep leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
L.A. Noire
Light shooting and driving, very forgiving
Still Wakes the Deep
Narrow corridor sprints and climbing sections under creature pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
L.A. Noire
Suspects follow fixed scripts, never adapt
Still Wakes the Deep
No adaptive opponent; creature follows scripted trigger events
Variance4 vs 3
L.A. Noire leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
L.A. Noire
Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Still Wakes the Deep
Creature patrol windows and some object locations are unknown first run
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
L.A. Noire
Evidence chains and question choices have fixed correct answers
Still Wakes the Deep
Safe-path knowledge and object-use sequences are memorisable
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.