head to head
vs
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HDvsShovel Knight
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HDShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD leans harder on execution: combo timing and dodge execution against fixed foes
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD leans harder on optimization: upgrade paths and boss patterns are 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.