Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsRayman Origins
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.
Rayman Origins
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A hand-animated revival of Rayman's 2D platforming.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rayman Origins leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Rayman Origins
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.
Rayman Origins
Fluid run-jump-glide chains
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Rayman Origins
Scripted enemies
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.
Rayman Origins
Deterministic levels
Optimization5 vs 4
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Rayman Origins
Lum routing for perfection
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.