head to head
vs
Dune 2000vsTotal War: Warhammer II
Dune 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Total War: Warhammer II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dune 2000Total War: Warhammer II
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 4
Total War: Warhammer II leans harder on variance: Rite costs, random loot drops, and chaos invasion timing create variance
Optimization7 vs 8
Total War: Warhammer II leans harder on optimization: Race mechanics and vortex ritual routing are richly optimizable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.