head to head
Guild WarsvsStronghold Crusader HD
Guild Wars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stronghold Crusader HD leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Guild WarsStronghold Crusader HD
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Guild Wars leans harder on execution: Interrupt timing and kiting in skirmishes
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 9
Stronghold Crusader HD leans harder on optimization: economy and siege-strategy mastery
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

