head to head
vs
Lichdom: BattlemagevsMetro 2033
Lichdom: Battlemage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metro 2033 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Lichdom: BattlemageMetro 2033
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Lichdom: Battlemage leans harder on execution: First-person spell aiming and dodging carry combat
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Lichdom: Battlemage leans harder on optimization: Spell-crafting synergies are a deep solvable system
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.