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Life is Strange cover artvsPilot Brothers cover art

Life is StrangevsPilot Brothers

Life is Strange leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pilot Brothers leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Life is StrangePilot Brothers

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 4

Pilot Brothers leans harder on variance: Absurd puzzle solutions are hidden until discovered

Optimization5 vs 6

Pilot Brothers leans harder on optimization: Once solutions are known the game is fully solved

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

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Pilot Brothers