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Cortex CommandvsWarcraft: Orcs & Humans

Cortex Command leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Cortex Command leans harder on execution: Manual aiming and digging physics demand real dexterity

Reads3 vs 4

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on reads: Human multiplayer adds genuine build mind games

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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