head to head
vs
Blade RunnervsShadowgate
Blade Runner leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Shadowgate leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Blade RunnerShadowgate
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 5
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.