head to head
vs
Escape Dead IslandvsGrand Theft Auto III
Escape Dead Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Escape Dead IslandGrand 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.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.