head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed MobilevsShovel Knight
Assassin's Creed Mobile leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed MobileShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Shovel Knight leans harder on execution: Pogo combat and platforming need timing
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Assassin's Creed Mobile leans harder on variance: Fixed levels with little randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
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.