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Command & Conquer: Red AlertvsWarcraft: Orcs & Humans
Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Command & Conquer: Red AlertWarcraft: Orcs & Humans
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 4
Command & Conquer: Red Alert leans harder on reads: PvP skirmish rewards predicting enemy pushes
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
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.