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Life is Strange Remastered cover artvsWhat Remains of Edith Finch cover art

Life is Strange RemasteredvsWhat Remains of Edith Finch

Life is Strange Remastered leans Optimization (Light / Casual); What Remains of Edith Finch leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Execution1 vs 2

What Remains of Edith Finch leans harder on execution: Varied vignettes require light input skill.

Reads1 vs 0

Life is Strange Remastered leans harder on reads: no adversarial opponent, choice-driven story

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 2

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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Life is Strange Remastered

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