head to head
Black Myth: Wukong asks more than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the gap is execution.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Soulslike action RPG retelling Journey to the West through spectacular boss gauntlets.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A sprawling open-world crime epic with RPG-style character stats across a whole state.
Black Myth: Wukong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Black Myth: Wukong leans clearly harder on execution.
Black Myth: Wukong
Dodge timing and stagger management against bosses
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Black Myth: Wukong leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Black Myth: Wukong
Bosses are scripted movesets, not adaptive
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Black Myth: Wukong
Fixed encounters; minor secret discovery
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Black Myth: Wukong leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Black Myth: Wukong
Spell builds, transformations, and moveset study
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.