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Jurassic World: The Game leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Jurassic World: The GamePlants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Jurassic World: The Game leans harder on reads: Battle rock-paper-scissors vs AI is mostly pattern, barely predictive

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans harder on optimization: Lawn economy and plant placement are the solvable core

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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Jurassic World: The Game

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Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time