Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsSalamander
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.
Salamander
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Arcade shmup reflexes welded to frame-perfect stage memorisation.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Salamander leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DOOM (2016)Salamander
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.
Salamander
Bullet weaving and terrain dodging at arcade pace
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Salamander
Enemy waves are scripted to the frame
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.
Salamander
Identical attract-mode determinism every credit
Optimization5 vs 6
Salamander leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Salamander
Memorising stage layouts and power-up routes is survival
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.