Building comparison
head to head
DishonoredvsFallout: New Vegas
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Dishonored
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
The first Dishonored: a stealth-action playground of layered powers.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Dishonored leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
DishonoredFallout: New Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Dishonored leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Dishonored
Blink timing and combat inputs matter.
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.
Dishonored
Guard AI scripted, non-adaptive.
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.
Dishonored
Patrol timings vary mildly.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Optimization7 vs 8
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Dishonored
Power combos and stealth routes solvable.
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.