head to head

Fallout: New Vegas cover artvsSummon Night: Swordcraft Story cover art

Fallout: New VegasvsSummon Night: Swordcraft Story

Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Summon Night: Swordcraft Story leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Fallout: New VegasSummon Night: Swordcraft Story

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Fallout: New Vegas leans harder on reads: Scripted factions and enemies

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Fallout: New Vegas leans harder on optimization: Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Summon Night: Swordcraft Story