head to head
vs
Age of Empires II: HD EditionvsWorld of Warcraft
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Warcraft leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Empires II: HD EditionWorld of Warcraft
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent strategy and timing
Variance2 vs 3
World of Warcraft leans harder on variance: Loot tables and crit RNG present
Optimization9 vs 9
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.