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L.A. NoirevsWe Went Back

L.A. Noire leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); We Went Back leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

L.A. Noire leans harder on execution: Light shooting and driving, very forgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

We Went Back leans harder on optimization: Noticing loop differences and deducing the exit is the game

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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