head to head
vs
Blade RunnervsEsoteric Ebb
Blade Runner leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Esoteric Ebb leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Blade RunnerEsoteric Ebb
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Blade Runner leans harder on execution: Point-and-click investigation, no dexterity required
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Esoteric Ebb leans harder on optimization: Stat builds and check-routing shape what's reachable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.