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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover artvsMedal of Honor: Pacific Assault cover art

Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasvsMedal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasMedal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault leans harder on execution: Recoil-heavy gunplay in jungle firefights

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans harder on optimization: Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play

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: San Andreas

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Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault