head to head
Assassin's Creed MiragevsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Assassin's Creed Mirage leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed MirageGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Assassin's Creed Mirage leans harder on reads: Guard AI fully scripted and mappable.
Variance1 vs 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans harder on variance: Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
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.

