head to head
vs
Kingdom: New LandsvsScrap Mechanic
Kingdom: New Lands leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Scrap Mechanic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Kingdom: New LandsScrap Mechanic
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Scrap Mechanic leans harder on execution: Basic movement and combat; building is unhurried.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Kingdom: New Lands leans harder on variance: Island layouts and vendor spawns randomise
Optimization8 vs 8
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.