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Company of HeroesvsStarCraft 64

Company of Heroes leans Execution (Grand Arena); StarCraft 64 leans Optimization (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION7 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 6

Company of Heroes leans harder on reads: Opponent sector pushes and doctrine choices must be predicted

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

StarCraft 64 leans harder on optimization: Build orders and unit counters are deeply studied systems

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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