Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsSilver Surfer
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.
Silver Surfer
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Brutal one-hit-death shmup execution over patterns that must be memorised to survive.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Silver Surfer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Silver Surfer
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Silver Surfer leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Silver Surfer
One-hit deaths demand near-perfect dodging every second
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Silver Surfer
Enemy waves are fully scripted patterns
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.
Silver Surfer
Stages replay identically once learned
Optimization5 vs 6
Silver Surfer leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Silver Surfer
Memorising spawn patterns and safe lines is mandatory study
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.