head to head
vs
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor LegacyvsShovel Knight
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor LegacyShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Shovel Knight leans harder on reads: Scripted boss patterns, not reads
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy leans harder on optimization: Power-cell routing across the connected world
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.