Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsRelicta
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Relicta, and the gap is execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Relicta
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Deterministic physics puzzles solved by reasoning about magnetism and gravity.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Relicta leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasRelicta
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 2
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Relicta
Walking between switches; timing rarely matters
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Relicta
No adversary in the puzzle chambers
Variance2 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on variance.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Relicta
Every chamber is fully visible and deterministic
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
Relicta
Magnetism-gravity logic chains are the entire game
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.