Building comparison
head to head
Blades of SteelvsDOOM (2016)
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Blades of Steel demands more reads; DOOM (2016) demands more optimization.
Blades of Steel
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Arcade hockey reflexes with light shot-angle guessing against human opponents.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
Blades of Steel leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Blades of SteelDOOM (2016)
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Blades of Steel
Skating, passing and shot timing decide every rush
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Reads4 vs 1
Blades of Steel leans clearly harder on reads.
Blades of Steel
Versus a human, goalie duels become guessing games
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Variance2 vs 1
Blades of Steel leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Blades of Steel
Fights and bounces add small arcade chaos
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Optimization3 vs 5
DOOM (2016) leans clearly harder on optimization.
Blades of Steel
Angle exploits on the goalie are quickly mapped
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
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.