head to head
vs
Battlestations: MidwayvsDune 2000
Battlestations: Midway leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dune 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Battlestations: MidwayDune 2000
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Battlestations: Midway leans harder on variance: Mostly visible battlefield; modest fog of war
Optimization6 vs 7
Dune 2000 leans harder on optimization: Spice economy and build orders decide most 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.