head to head
Super Puyo Puyo 2 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 competitive falling-block puzzle about building chains under speed and opponent pressure.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Puyo Puyo 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super Puyo Puyo 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Super Puyo Puyo 2
Fast piece placement under accelerating drop is core
Super Puyo Puyo 2 leans clearly harder on reads.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Super Puyo Puyo 2
Versus mode adds light anticipation of opponent chains
Super Puyo Puyo 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Super Puyo Puyo 2
Piece order is random but quickly mappable
Super Puyo Puyo 2 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
Super Puyo Puyo 2
Building large chain combos is the deep skill
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.