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Grand Theft Auto III cover artvsSimCopter cover art

Grand Theft Auto IIIvsSimCopter

Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SimCopter leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Grand Theft Auto IIISimCopter

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 3

SimCopter leans harder on variance: Where fires and crimes spawn is random per session

Optimization5 vs 6

SimCopter leans harder on optimization: Prioritising missions and managing fuel and upgrades drives success

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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Grand Theft Auto III

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