Building comparison
head to head
L.A. NoirevsThe Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
L.A. Noire
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
1940s detective procedural built around crime scenes and reading scripted interrogation tells.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Variance · Systems & Chaos
A serial-killer hotel thriller where branching choices and quick-time events determine the body count.
L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
L.A. NoireThe Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
L.A. Noire
Light shooting and driving, very forgiving
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
QTEs plus light traversal and tool puzzles.
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
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
The killer is scripted, not an adaptive mind.
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
L.A. Noire
Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Hidden branching and trap outcomes on first run.
Optimization5 vs 4
L.A. Noire leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
L.A. Noire
Evidence chains and question choices have fixed correct answers
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Decision routes converge to a solvable survival map.
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.