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Assassin's Creed Mirage cover artvsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover art

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).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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.

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Assassin's Creed Mirage

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas