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Doom 3vsImpossible Mission

Doom 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Impossible Mission leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Doom 3Impossible Mission

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Impossible Mission leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise flips past patrolling robots

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Impossible Mission leans harder on variance: Puzzle pieces randomized each playthrough

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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