head to head
vs
Dragon Age: InquisitionvsKnights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dragon Age: InquisitionKnights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Dragon Age: Inquisition leans harder on execution: Action-leaning combat, dodge timing matters
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom leans harder on optimization: Food chains and serf logistics are the dominant 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.