head to head
vs
Pathologic 2vsSilent Hunter III
Pathologic 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Silent Hunter III leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Pathologic 2Silent Hunter III
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Pathologic 2 leans harder on execution: Combat is clumsy but matters.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.