head to head
vs
ChuChu Rocket!vsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
ChuChu Rocket! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
ChuChu Rocket!Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
ChuChu Rocket! leans harder on variance: Random events and mouse-flood chaos
Optimization6 vs 7
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on optimization: Refined build orders and upgrade timings are studyable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.