Building comparison
head to head
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasvsStar Trek: Legacy
Star Trek: Legacy asks more than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the gap is reads.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A sprawling open-world crime epic with RPG-style character stats across a whole state.
Star Trek: Legacy
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Fleet-level starship combat testing positioning, power management and task-force composition.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Trek: Legacy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasStar Trek: Legacy
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Star Trek: Legacy
Ship steering and weapon-arc handling matter modestly
Reads0 vs 3
Star Trek: Legacy leans clearly harder on reads.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Star Trek: Legacy
Multiplayer fleet duels add human prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Star Trek: Legacy
Mission scripts are fixed once known
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play
Star Trek: Legacy
Fleet composition, power management and positioning carry battles
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.