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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warzone 2100 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on execution: Clunky unit micro and click speed still matter

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Warzone 2100 leans harder on optimization: Vast tech tree and unit-design economy dominate

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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