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Alltynex Second cover artvsDOOM (2016) cover art

Alltynex SecondvsDOOM (2016)

Alltynex Second leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Alltynex SecondDOOM (2016)

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Alltynex Second leans harder on execution: Bullet-hell dodging and aiming are the whole skill

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Alltynex Second leans harder on variance: Patterns memorizable, little true randomness

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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DOOM (2016)