head to head
vs
Battle RealmsvsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert
Battle Realms leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Battle RealmsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on variance: Fog of war conceals army composition
Optimization7 vs 8
Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on optimization: Ore economy and build orders decide games
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.