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Grand Theft Auto IV cover artvsWii Sports Resort cover art

Grand Theft Auto IVvsWii Sports Resort

Grand Theft Auto IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wii Sports Resort leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Grand Theft Auto IVWii Sports Resort

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Wii Sports Resort leans harder on execution: MotionPlus precision in swordplay, archery and bowling

Reads1 vs 2

Wii Sports Resort leans harder on reads: Local versus duels involve mild feinting

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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.

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Grand Theft Auto IV

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Wii Sports Resort