head to head
vs
Cat QuestvsFable: The Lost Chapters
Cat Quest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Fable: The Lost Chapters leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Cat QuestFable: The Lost Chapters
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Cat Quest leans harder on execution: Dodge-roll combat is deliberately forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Fable: The Lost Chapters leans harder on optimization: Alignment, builds and economy are a gentle solvable layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.