head to head
vs
Horizon Zero DawnvsLunar Knights
Horizon Zero Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Lunar Knights leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Horizon Zero DawnLunar Knights
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Lunar Knights leans harder on optimization: Weapon loadouts, weather management and boss patterns to solve
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.