head to head
vs
Life is StrangevsOnly If
Life is Strange leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Only If leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Life is StrangeOnly If
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Only If leans harder on execution: Walking and occasional dodges need minimal skill
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Only If leans harder on variance: Deliberately illogical puzzles hide their rules until experimented with
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.