head to head
vs
Doom (1993)vsLuxor 3
Doom (1993) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Luxor 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Doom (1993)Luxor 3
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Doom (1993) leans harder on execution: Precise movement and shooting against relentless enemy pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Luxor 3 leans harder on variance: Sphere color sequences add 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.