Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsJackal
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.
Jackal
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Classic run-and-gun reflexes plus memorised enemy layouts across fixed stages.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Jackal leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Jackal
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.
Jackal
Dodging bullet patterns in a jeep is pure twitch
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Jackal
Enemy placements and patterns are entirely 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.
Jackal
Almost nothing random once the levels are known
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.
Jackal
Memorising layouts and POW routes defines mastery
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.