head to head
vs
Pathologic Classic HDvsSilent Hill 2 (2001)
Pathologic Classic HD leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Pathologic Classic HDSilent Hill 2 (2001)
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans harder on execution: Clunky combat is intentional; survival over precision
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Pathologic Classic HD leans harder on variance: disease spread and event randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
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.