head to head
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Doom EternalvsIkaruga
Doom Eternal leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ikaruga leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Doom EternalIkaruga
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Doom Eternal leans harder on reads: Demon AI is scripted, not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Ikaruga leans harder on optimization: Chaining same-colour kills for score bonuses is a fully solvable system
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.