Building comparison
head to head
Contra ForcevsDOOM (2016)
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Contra Force
Execution · Pure Mechanics
An NES run-and-gun testing reflex dodging through memorised enemy gauntlets.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
Contra Force leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Contra ForceDOOM (2016)
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Contra Force
Run-and-gun dodging through bullet-heavy NES stages
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Reads0 vs 1
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Contra Force
Terrorist enemies spawn on fixed scripts
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Contra Force
Stage layouts never change
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Optimization4 vs 5
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Contra Force
Character selection and power-up routing help modestly
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.