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Life is StrangevsSorcery! Part 3
Life is Strange leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Sorcery! Part 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Life is StrangeSorcery! Part 3
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Sorcery! Part 3 leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent; foes follow fixed branching scripts
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Sorcery! Part 3 leans harder on optimization: Choosing spells, routes and choices to survive is the solvable core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.