Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsGod of War III
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
God of War III
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Spectacle hack-and-slash where reflexes and combo flow drive every fight.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); God of War III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)God of War III
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
God of War III
Combo execution and QTE timing carry combat.
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
God of War III
Bosses fully scripted spectacle.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
God of War III
Almost no randomness.
Optimization5 vs 4
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
God of War III
Upgrade paths short and obvious.
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.