Building comparison
head to head
L.A. NoirevsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator asks more than L.A. Noire, and the gap is optimization.
L.A. Noire
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
1940s detective procedural built around crime scenes and reading scripted interrogation tells.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A physics sandbox where you place wobbly armies and watch ragdoll battles resolve themselves.
L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
L.A. NoireTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
L.A. Noire leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
L.A. Noire
Light shooting and driving, very forgiving
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Place units then watch; no hands required
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
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
No adaptive opponent in campaign sandbox
Variance4 vs 5
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
L.A. Noire
Interrogation tells and clues hidden until discovered
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Wobbly physics makes identical setups resolve differently
Optimization5 vs 7
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans clearly harder on optimization.
L.A. Noire
Evidence chains and question choices have fixed correct answers
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Unit counters and placement solve each scenario
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.