Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsYar's Revenge
DOOM (2016) asks more than Yar's Revenge, and the gap is optimization.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
Yar's Revenge
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A remake of the classic Atari shoot-em-up.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Yar's Revenge leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Yar's Revenge
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.
Yar's Revenge
precise dodging and shooting reflexes
Reads1 vs 0
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Yar's Revenge
fixed enemy patterns, not adaptive
Variance1 vs 2
Yar's Revenge leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Yar's Revenge
minor randomness in enemy fire
Optimization5 vs 3
DOOM (2016) leans clearly harder on optimization.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Yar's Revenge
minimal systems beyond scoring
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.