head to head
vs
Guild Wars 2vsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Guild Wars 2Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on reads: Multiplayer scouting wars and build feints
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.