head to head
vs
Kingdom Come: DeliverancevsMagicka
Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Magicka leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Kingdom Come: DeliveranceMagicka
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans harder on reads: Enemy AI somewhat reactive in duels
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Magicka leans harder on optimization: Discovering and exploiting spell combinations dominates
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.