head to head
vs
King's Bounty IIvsState of Decay 2
King's Bounty II leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); State of Decay 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
King's Bounty IIState of Decay 2
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
State of Decay 2 leans harder on execution: Combat is forgiving; stealth and swings need modest timing
Reads1 vs 0
King's Bounty II leans harder on reads: Enemy AI is scripted; unit targeting is fixed-priority
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.