Building comparison
head to head
Arcania: Gothic 4vsFallout 4
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Arcania: Gothic 4
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
An open-world action RPG where build optimization outweighs its simple combat.
Fallout 4
Optimization · Pure Optimization
An open-world shooter-RPG won by perk routing and weapon mod optimization.
Arcania: Gothic 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Fallout 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Arcania: Gothic 4Fallout 4
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Arcania: Gothic 4
real-time melee combat timing
Fallout 4
FPS aiming, VATS softens demand
Reads0 vs 1
Fallout 4 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Arcania: Gothic 4
solo RPG, no adaptive enemies
Fallout 4
Scripted enemy AI
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Arcania: Gothic 4
loot and hit-chance randomness
Fallout 4
Loot and legendary rolls
Optimization6 vs 7
Fallout 4 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Arcania: Gothic 4
build, gear, and quest routing
Fallout 4
Perks, settlement, weapon mod planning
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.