head to head
Red Dead Redemption 2 asks more than Fable: The Lost Chapters, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A forgiving fantasy RPG testing light build and morality-system optimization.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Fable: The Lost Chapters leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Forgiving combat needs little precision
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Enemies and villagers run simple scripts
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Fable: The Lost Chapters
The authored world holds few surprises after one pass
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Fable: The Lost Chapters leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Alignment, builds and economy are a gentle solvable layer
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
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.