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Pokémon White Version 2 cover artvsSpace Hulk: Tactics cover art

Pokémon White Version 2vsSpace Hulk: Tactics

Pokémon White Version 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Space Hulk: Tactics leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Pokémon White Version 2Space Hulk: Tactics

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Space Hulk: Tactics leans harder on reads: Multiplayer involves some reading of human commanders

Variance4 vs 5

Space Hulk: Tactics leans harder on variance: Dice rolls and card draws inject combat randomness

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Pokémon White Version 2

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Space Hulk: Tactics