head to head
vs
Lost Planet: Extreme ConditionvsShovel Knight
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Lost Planet: Extreme ConditionShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition leans harder on reads: Multiplayer modes add some mind games
Variance2 vs 1
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition leans harder on variance: Campaign encounters are fixed
Optimization4 vs 4
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.