head to head

Doom (1993) cover artvsPsyvariar 3 cover art

Doom (1993)vsPsyvariar 3

Doom (1993) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Psyvariar 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Doom (1993)Psyvariar 3

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Psyvariar 3 leans harder on execution: Grazing bullets at the edge of death is pure twitch

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

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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