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Life is Strange: Reunion cover artvsThe Sims cover art

Life is Strange: ReunionvsThe Sims

Life is Strange: Reunion leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Sims leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Life is Strange: ReunionThe Sims

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Life is Strange: Reunion leans harder on variance: Branch consequences stay hidden until chosen

Optimization5 vs 6

The Sims leans harder on optimization: Need scheduling, career grinding and money loops are solvable

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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