head to head
vs
Penumbra: Black PlaguevsRough Justice: '84
Penumbra: Black Plague leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Rough Justice: '84 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Penumbra: Black PlagueRough Justice: '84
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Penumbra: Black Plague leans harder on execution: Physics-grab interactions need only basic mouse control
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Rough Justice: '84 leans harder on variance: Dice rolls and card draws sway every case outcome
Optimization7 vs 7
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.