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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover artvsOverBlood cover art

Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasvsOverBlood

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); OverBlood leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans harder on execution: Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands

Reads0 vs 1

OverBlood leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies and story, nothing adapts to you

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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