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Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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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

Variance2 vs 3

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on variance: Fog of war conceals enemy tech and armies

Optimization5 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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