Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsNine Sols
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.
Nine Sols
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Taopunk metroidvania whose parry-centric boss fights channel Sekiro in 2D.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Nine Sols leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Nine Sols
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Nine Sols leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Nine Sols
Sekiro-style parry timing is the entire combat test
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.
Nine Sols
Bosses follow learnable scripts
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.
Nine Sols
Deterministic authored world
Optimization5 vs 6
Nine Sols leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Nine Sols
Moveset study, talismans, and route knowledge
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.