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L.A. Noire cover artvsThe Last Guardian cover art

L.A. NoirevsThe Last Guardian

L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last Guardian leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
L.A. NoireThe Last Guardian

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 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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