head to head
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight asks more than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A sprawling open-world crime epic with RPG-style character stats across a whole state.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A compact, elegant metroidvania with crisp leaf-blade combat and punishing bosses.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight leans clearly harder on execution.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Tight dodge-roll combat and demanding bosses
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
All bosses run fixed movesets
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Compact fixed world, few unknowns
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Learning boss patterns and item routing
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.