head to head
vs
Knight LorevsMirror's Edge Catalyst
Knight Lore leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Knight LoreMirror's Edge Catalyst
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Knight Lore leans harder on variance: Room layouts unknown only on first exploration
Optimization7 vs 6
Knight Lore leans harder on optimization: Each room is a solvable spatial puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.