Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsObduction
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Obduction, and the gap is execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Obduction
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A Myst-successor puzzle adventure about decoding alien machinery across spliced worlds.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Obduction leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasObduction
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Obduction
Walking and clicking only
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Obduction
No opponents at all
Variance2 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Obduction
Deterministic alien machinery
Optimization8 vs 7
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
Obduction
Number-system and swap-machine puzzles are fully solvable
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.