head to head
vs
DOOM (2016)vsPure Pool
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Pure Pool leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DOOM (2016)Pure Pool
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Pure Pool leans harder on optimization: Pattern play and positional theory are deeply learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.