head to head
vs
Hollow KnightvsYs Origin
Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ys Origin leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hollow KnightYs Origin
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Hollow Knight leans harder on execution: Precise platforming and pogo timing dominate hard content.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.