head to head
vs
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenvsPathologic 2
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pathologic 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenPathologic 2
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Pathologic 2 leans harder on execution: Combat is clumsy but matters.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Pathologic 2 leans harder on variance: Hunger, infection, and supplies fluctuate.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.