Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsIn the Hunt
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
In the Hunt
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Irem's gorgeous submarine shoot-em-up crawling through drowned warzones.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); In the Hunt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)In the Hunt
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.
In the Hunt
Dodging dense fire in a slow submarine
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
In the Hunt
Enemy subs and bosses fully scripted
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.
In the Hunt
Near-deterministic arcade patterns
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
In the Hunt
Learning stage layouts and safe lanes
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.