Building comparison
head to head
BesiegevsFallout: New Vegas
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Besiege
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Physics sandbox about engineering medieval siege machines that usually explode beautifully.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Besiege leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
BesiegeFallout: New Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Besiege
Piloting wobbly contraptions takes some hand skill
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Reads0 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Besiege
Static castles and scripted defenders
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Variance1 vs 2
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Besiege
Deterministic physics and fixed objectives
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Besiege
Machine engineering is the whole game
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.