Building comparison
head to head
Age of Empires II: HD EditionvsDune 2000
Age of Empires II: HD Edition asks more than Dune 2000, and the gap is optimization.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A real-time strategy game where mastering build orders and economy management decides most matches.
Dune 2000
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Spice economy management and build-order knowledge with modest micro demands.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dune 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Age of Empires II: HD EditionDune 2000
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
click speed and micro help but secondary
Dune 2000
Unit micro and build speed matter at competitive pace
Reads4 vs 3
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
predicting human opponent strategy and timing
Dune 2000
Human skirmishes add some build-order mind games
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
minor map and resource randomness
Dune 2000
Fog of war hides enemy composition until scouted
Optimization9 vs 7
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans clearly harder on optimization.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
build orders and economy are near-solvable
Dune 2000
Spice economy and build orders decide most games
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.