Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsKnights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom, and the gap is execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Medieval economy RTS where feeding your army matters more than commanding it.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasKnights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 2
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Manual troop formations need some real-time handling.
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Campaign AI attacks on fixed triggers and timers.
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: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Enemy positions hidden until scouted, little else.
Optimization8 vs 8
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
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
Food chains and serf logistics are the dominant solvable layer.
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.