head to head
Sine Mora EX 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 time-manipulation shmup where bullet-weaving and managing the countdown timer are the twin execution demands.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Sine Mora EX leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sine Mora EX leans clearly harder on execution.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Sine Mora EX
Time-dilation shooting and evading patterns demand responsive aim
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Sine Mora EX
No adaptive opponent; all patterns are scripted
Sine Mora EX leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Sine Mora EX
Time penalties and power-up drops introduce run variability
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
Sine Mora EX
Optimal weapon usage and time extension routing are learnable
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.