Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsRock Band 2
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.
Rock Band 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The full-band rhythm game whose setlist and feel made it the genre's high-water mark.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rock Band 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Rock Band 2
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.
Rock Band 2
Guitar, drum, and vocal accuracy on expert charts
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Rock Band 2
Charts never respond
Variance1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Rock Band 2
Fixed setlist charts
Optimization5 vs 4
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Rock Band 2
Overdrive activation paths decide leaderboard scores
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.