Building comparison
head to head
Fallout: New VegasvsThief
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Thief
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Planning stealth routes around fully mappable guard patterns.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Thief leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New VegasThief
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Thief
Movement timing matters but shadows forgive imprecision
Reads1 vs 0
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Thief
Guards patrol fixed routes with mappable vision cones
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
Thief
Patrol layouts are scripted-but-unknown on first entry
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
Thief
Route planning around guard patterns is the whole 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.