head to head
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Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About TimevsSlime Rancher
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Slime Rancher leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About TimeSlime Rancher
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
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.