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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness cover artvsWorld of Tanks: Blitz cover art

Warcraft II: Tides of DarknessvsWorld of Tanks: Blitz

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); World of Tanks: Blitz leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Warcraft II: Tides of DarknessWorld of Tanks: Blitz

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

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.

Optimization7 vs 6

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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World of Tanks: Blitz