Building comparison
head to head
Fallout 4vsVelvet Assassin
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Fallout 4
Optimization · Pure Optimization
An open-world shooter-RPG won by perk routing and weapon mod optimization.
Velvet Assassin
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A WWII stealth game about ghosting through guard patrols as a British spy.
Fallout 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Velvet Assassin leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Fallout 4Velvet Assassin
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout 4
FPS aiming, VATS softens demand
Velvet Assassin
Stealth kill timing and shadow movement
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout 4 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout 4
Scripted enemy AI
Velvet Assassin
Guards patrol on fixed scripts
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout 4
Loot and legendary rolls
Velvet Assassin
Patrol layouts unknown only on first attempt
Optimization7 vs 6
Fallout 4 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Fallout 4
Perks, settlement, weapon mod planning
Velvet Assassin
Routes through guard patterns are the solvable core
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.