head to head
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
LucasArts adventure sending Indy down three routes toward Atlantis.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Pointing and clicking, light fistfight option
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
No adaptive opposition
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Solutions hidden until reasoned out
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Three-path puzzle chains reward deduction
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.