head to head
vs
Knights of the Old RepublicvsMerge & Blade
Knights of the Old Republic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Merge & Blade leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Knights of the Old RepublicMerge & Blade
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Merge & Blade leans harder on variance: Unit draws from merging inject roguelike randomness
Optimization9 vs 8
Knights of the Old Republic leans harder on optimization: Force power selection, feat prerequisites and light/dark routing are systematically solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.