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Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About TimevsTropico 5
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tropico 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About TimeTropico 5
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
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.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Tropico 5 leans harder on optimization: Era progression and economic chains reward systematic planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.