Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsHogan's Alley
DOOM (2016) asks more than Hogan's Alley, and the gap is optimization.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
Hogan's Alley
Execution · Pure Mechanics
NES Zapper classic testing raw aim against pop-up gangster targets.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hogan's Alley leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Hogan's Alley
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.
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Hogan's Alley
Pure light-gun aim and reaction speed
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Hogan's Alley
Cardboard targets cannot adapt
Variance1 vs 2
Hogan's Alley leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Hogan's Alley
Target order randomizes within simple sets
Optimization5 vs 2
DOOM (2016) leans clearly harder on optimization.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Hogan's Alley
Little to plan beyond gangster-vs-civilian recognition
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.