head to head
vs
Super Mega Baseball: Extra InningsvsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Super Mega Baseball: Extra InningsWarcraft 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.
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.