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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2vsTeam Fortress 2

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 leans Reads (Grand Arena); Team Fortress 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2Team Fortress 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Team Fortress 2 leans harder on execution: Projectile aim and rocket jumps reward hands

Reads7 vs 7

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Team Fortress 2 leans harder on variance: Random crits and spread inject RNG

Optimization7 vs 5

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 leans harder on optimization: Build queues and power grid management are highly optimizable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

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