head to head
vs
NCAA Football 14vsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
NCAA Football 14 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
NCAA Football 14Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on execution: Faster micro across land, sea and air units
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.