head to head
vs
Alone in the Dark 3vsGrand Theft Auto III
Alone in the Dark 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Alone in the Dark 3Grand Theft Auto III
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Alone in the Dark 3 leans harder on variance: some randomness in enemy placement
Optimization4 vs 5
Grand Theft Auto III leans harder on optimization: Mission routing and city knowledge are learnable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.