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Doom 3 cover artvsResident Evil 3 cover art

Doom 3vsResident Evil 3

Doom 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Doom 3Resident Evil 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Doom 3 leans harder on variance: Darkness hides ambushes until memorised

Optimization5 vs 4

Doom 3 leans harder on optimization: Ammo management and trigger knowledge trivialise replays

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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