head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto IIIvsMichigan: Report from Hell
Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Michigan: Report from Hell leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Grand Theft Auto IIIMichigan: Report from Hell
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 2
Grand Theft Auto III leans harder on execution: Driving and clunky gunplay set a modest physical bar
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Michigan: Report from Hell leans harder on variance: Hidden scoring tags reward unknown discoveries.
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.