head to head
vs
Blade RunnervsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Blade Runner leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Blade RunnerPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Blade Runner leans harder on variance: Replicant identities are randomised each playthrough
Optimization5 vs 6
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity leans harder on optimization: Team builds and item management converge to known strategies
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.