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Dune 2000vsParaWorld

Dune 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); ParaWorld leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dune 2000ParaWorld

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Dune 2000 leans harder on execution: Unit micro and build speed matter at competitive pace

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

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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Dune 2000

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ParaWorld