head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto IIIvsJust Cause 2
Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Just Cause 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto IIIJust Cause 2
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.
Optimization5 vs 4
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.