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MLB Power Pros 2008 cover artvsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness cover art

MLB Power Pros 2008vsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness

MLB Power Pros 2008 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

MLB Power Pros 2008 leans harder on variance: Batted-ball outcomes carry real randomness

Optimization6 vs 7

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on optimization: Refined build orders and upgrade timings are studyable

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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