head to head
vs
King's QuestvsThe Cat Lady
King's Quest leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
King's QuestThe Cat Lady
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
King's Quest leans harder on execution: Occasional timing sections in an otherwise choice-driven adventure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
The Cat Lady leans harder on optimization: Adventure-game puzzles have fixed discoverable solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.