head to head
vs
Hollow KnightvsJamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony
Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hollow KnightJamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony leans harder on execution: Bullet-dodging precision at high difficulty
Reads1 vs 0
Hollow Knight leans harder on reads: Bosses run scripted attack pools; not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 1
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.