Building comparison
head to head
Cardania: Epoch WarsvsFallout: New Vegas
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Cardania: Epoch Wars demands more reads; Fallout: New Vegas demands more execution.
Cardania: Epoch Wars
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A persistent multiplayer 4X testing map-control strategy against other human players.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Cardania: Epoch Wars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cardania: Epoch WarsFallout: New Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 4
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Cardania: Epoch Wars
Strategy clicks, no twitch dimension
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Reads5 vs 1
Cardania: Epoch Wars leans clearly harder on reads.
Cardania: Epoch Wars
Live human rivals contesting the map can be predicted
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Variance4 vs 2
Cardania: Epoch Wars leans clearly harder on variance.
Cardania: Epoch Wars
Anomalies and shifting maps add hidden information
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.
Cardania: Epoch Wars
Resource control and faction strategy dominate the metagame
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.