Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsMidnight Resistance
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.
Midnight Resistance
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A run-and-gun execution test with memorised stages and weapon routing.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Midnight Resistance leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Midnight Resistance
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.
Midnight Resistance
Rotary aiming under heavy scripted fire is the core demand
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Midnight Resistance
Every enemy and boss is a fixed pattern
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.
Midnight Resistance
Runs are identical once stages are memorised
Optimization5 vs 4
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Midnight Resistance
Key management and weapon-shop choices route the run
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.