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Life is Strange cover artvsSomeday You'll Return cover art

Life is StrangevsSomeday You'll Return

Life is Strange leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Someday You'll Return leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Life is StrangeSomeday You'll Return

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Someday You'll Return leans harder on execution: Climbing and stealth sections are forgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Someday You'll Return leans harder on variance: The woods' secrets and twists stay hidden until found

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.

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