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Black & White leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans harder on execution: Tapping plants quickly only matters in surge moments

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans harder on variance: Wave compositions and plant-food drops add per-level randomness

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.

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