head to head
vs
Pathologic 2vsPhoenix Point
Pathologic 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Phoenix Point leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Pathologic 2Phoenix Point
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 7
Phoenix Point leans harder on variance: Body-part hit location and mutation pools drive heavy RNG swings
Optimization8 vs 7
Pathologic 2 leans harder on optimization: Brutal resource and time scheduling is core.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.