head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto IVvsRed Dead Redemption
Grand Theft Auto IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto IVRed Dead Redemption
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 5
Red Dead Redemption leans harder on optimization: Mission approaches and economy are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.