head to head
vs
Star Control 3vsWarcraft: Orcs & Humans
Star Control 3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Star Control 3Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 4
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on reads: Human multiplayer adds genuine build mind games
Variance4 vs 3
Star Control 3 leans harder on variance: Exploration and resource discovery are scripted-but-unknown
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.