head to head
vs
Dune 2000vsSalt and Sanctuary
Dune 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Salt and Sanctuary leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dune 2000Salt and Sanctuary
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Salt and Sanctuary leans harder on execution: Souls-like timing in 2D
Reads3 vs 2
Dune 2000 leans harder on reads: Human skirmishes add some build-order mind games
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.