head to head
vs
Star Wars: Empire at WarvsStronghold Crusader HD
Star Wars: Empire at War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stronghold Crusader HD leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Star Wars: Empire at WarStronghold Crusader HD
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
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.