Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsSunset Riders
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.
Sunset Riders
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Arcade run-and-gun reflexes against fully memorisable boss patterns.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sunset Riders leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Sunset Riders
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.
Sunset Riders
Dodging bullet spreads and snap-shooting bosses is everything
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Sunset Riders
Bandits and bosses cycle memorisable arcade 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.
Sunset Riders
Spawns are deterministic each credit
Optimization5 vs 4
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Sunset Riders
Pattern memorisation for one-credit clears is the meta-game
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.