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Doom II: Hell on Earth leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killing Floor leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Doom II: Hell on Earth leans harder on execution: Super Shotgun and movement timing demand precise motor execution

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Killing Floor leans harder on optimization: Perk levelling, holdout spots, dosh economy solvable

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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