Building comparison
head to head
GreedfallvsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Greedfall
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A colonial-fantasy RPG won by faction routing and build optimization.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A cult-classic vampire RPG won by discipline choice and skill-check routing.
Greedfall leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
GreedfallVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Greedfall
Lock-on action combat, modest demand
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Janky hybrid combat, low demand
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Greedfall
Scripted enemy patterns
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Scripted NPCs
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Greedfall
Loot and check rolls
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Hidden dice under skill checks
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Greedfall
Faction routing, builds, crafting central
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Discipline, feeding, build routing central
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.