head to head
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Solving fixed item-combination puzzles inside a dark comic story.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Pointing and clicking has no dexterity ceiling
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Characters are scripted comedy props
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Solutions are hidden until discovered once
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on optimization.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Item-combination logic puzzles have single fixed answers
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.