Building comparison
head to head
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London CasevsFallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case, and the gap is execution.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A detective adventure about gathering clues to solve an authored murder case.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London CaseFallout: New Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 4
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case
Point-and-click interaction needs no physical skill
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case
Suspects are scripted, not adapting to your deductions
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case
Clues hidden until found, but fully authored
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Optimization5 vs 8
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on optimization.
Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case
Connecting evidence to solve the fixed case is the work
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.
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