head to head
vs
HoardvsKingdom Come: Deliverance
Hoard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
HoardKingdom Come: Deliverance
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans harder on execution: Directional sword combat, real timing needed
Reads3 vs 2
Hoard leans harder on reads: Competing dragons in versus mode steal and counter lightly
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.