head to head

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover artvsStar Wars: Dark Forces cover art

Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasvsStar Wars: Dark Forces

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars: Dark Forces leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasStar Wars: Dark Forces

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Star Wars: Dark Forces leans harder on execution: Blaster aim and movement through trooper waves

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Star Wars: Dark Forces