head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasvsThief
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Thief leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasThief
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Thief leans harder on optimization: Route planning around guard patterns is the whole game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.