head to head
vs
Mortal Kombat TrilogyvsStarhawk
Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Starhawk leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mortal Kombat TrilogyStarhawk
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 5
Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans harder on reads: Human opponents must be baited into unsafe moves
Variance1 vs 2
Starhawk leans harder on variance: Little hidden beyond fog of incoming drops
Optimization5 vs 6
Starhawk leans harder on optimization: Rift economy and build-and-battle structure placement decide matches
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.