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Pathologic 2 cover artvsSoulstone Survivors cover art

Pathologic 2vsSoulstone Survivors

Pathologic 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Soulstone Survivors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Pathologic 2Soulstone Survivors

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Pathologic 2 leans harder on reads: NPCs are scripted, not adaptive.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

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Pathologic 2

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Soulstone Survivors