head to head
vs
Hollow Knight: SilksongvsNine Sols
Hollow Knight: Silksong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Nine Sols leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hollow Knight: SilksongNine Sols
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Hollow Knight: Silksong leans harder on optimization: Tool builds and pattern mastery convert practice to wins
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.