head to head
vs
Blood Omen: Legacy of KainvsEnter the Matrix
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Enter the Matrix leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Blood Omen: Legacy of KainEnter the Matrix
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Enter the Matrix leans harder on execution: Bullet-time gunplay and kung-fu combos
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain leans harder on optimization: Blood economy, spell loadouts, and route knowledge dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.