head to head

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Doom (1993)vsDOOM (2016)

Doom (1993) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Doom (1993)DOOM (2016)

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

DOOM (2016) leans harder on reads: Demons scripted attack patterns.

Variance3 vs 1

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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Doom (1993)

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DOOM (2016)