head to head
vs
Hollow KnightvsSuper Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hollow KnightSuper Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Hollow Knight leans harder on reads: Bosses run scripted attack pools; not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 2
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts leans harder on variance: Chest contents and zombie spawns add light randomness
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.