head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Physical, grapple-heavy combat against learnable boss movesets in an open world.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A Star Wars action shooter famed for its skill-heavy lightsaber combat.
Crimson Desert leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crimson Desert
Grapple-heavy combat timing and combos demand active hands
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Saber stances and timing carry every duel
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crimson Desert
Bosses telegraph fixed movesets, no adaptation
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Bosses are pattern-based; only MP duels involve humans
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crimson Desert
Open-world encounters add mild discovery randomness
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Enemy placements fixed after first encounter
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Crimson Desert
Learning boss patterns and gear progression drives mastery
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Force builds and saber-system mastery are learnable
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.