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Bio-Hazard Battle cover artvsDoom (1993) cover art

Bio-Hazard BattlevsDoom (1993)

Bio-Hazard Battle leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Doom (1993) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Bio-Hazard BattleDoom (1993)

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Bio-Hazard Battle leans harder on reads: Enemy waves are fixed scripted patterns

Variance2 vs 3

Doom (1993) leans harder on variance: Enemy placement is fixed but unknown on first run through levels

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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