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Black & White cover artvsThe Solus Project cover art

Black & WhitevsThe Solus Project

Black & White leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Solus Project leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Black & WhiteThe Solus Project

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

The Solus Project leans harder on execution: Exploration platforming with mild precision needs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Black & White leans harder on optimization: Village economy, belief spread, and creature training

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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