head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto IIIvsStill Wakes the Deep
Grand Theft Auto III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Still Wakes the Deep leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto IIIStill Wakes the Deep
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
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
Still Wakes the Deep leans harder on variance: Creature patrol windows and some object locations are unknown first run
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.