head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto VvsHomefront
Grand Theft Auto V leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Homefront leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Grand Theft Auto VHomefront
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Homefront leans harder on execution: Standard shooter gunplay carries the campaign
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Grand Theft Auto V leans harder on optimization: Heists, money loops, builds learnable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.