head to head
vs
Doom II: Hell on EarthvsLuxor 3
Doom II: Hell on Earth leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Luxor 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Doom II: Hell on EarthLuxor 3
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 4
Luxor 3 leans harder on variance: Sphere color sequences add randomness
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.