Building comparison
head to head
Blackguards 2vsFallout: New Vegas
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Blackguards 2 demands more variance; Fallout: New Vegas demands more execution.
Blackguards 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Deep hex-battle build optimization with dice variance layered over every action.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Blackguards 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Blackguards 2Fallout: New Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 4
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Blackguards 2
Hex-grid turns carry no physical demand
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.
Blackguards 2
Enemy AI follows fixed tactical logic
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Variance4 vs 2
Blackguards 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
Blackguards 2
Dark Eye dice rolls swing individual actions
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.
Blackguards 2
Build planning and battlefield manipulation are the deep solvable core
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.