Building comparison
head to head
FalloutvsKoudelka
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Fallout
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The original post-apocalyptic CRPG where character builds solve the wasteland.
Koudelka
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A gothic horror RPG blending survival-horror atmosphere with tactical grid battles in a haunted Welsh monastery.
Fallout leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Koudelka leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
FalloutKoudelka
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Koudelka leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Fallout
Turn-based, no dexterity
Koudelka
Turn-based grid combat, no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout
No adaptive opposition
Koudelka
Monsters act on simple fixed logic
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout
To-hit rolls and random encounters
Koudelka
Random encounters and drop rolls
Optimization8 vs 7
Fallout leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Fallout
SPECIAL builds and quest routing are deeply solvable
Koudelka
Stat allocation and durability planning decide fights
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.