Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsScratches
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Scratches, and the gap is execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Scratches
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A slow-burn first-person adventure investigating strange scratching sounds in an isolated Victorian mansion.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Scratches leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasScratches
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Scratches
First-person point-and-click input is physically trivial
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Scratches
No opponents at all, only an empty haunted estate
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
Scratches
The mystery's hidden answers drive a blind first run
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
Scratches
Investigation puzzles resolve to one fixed solution path
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.