head to head
Karate Master 2 Knock Down BlowvsMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Karate Master 2 Knock Down BlowMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow leans harder on execution: fighting mechanics need timing and reaction
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans harder on optimization: Mother Base, loadouts, fulton economy deeply solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

