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Doom II: Hell on Earth cover artvsRoboquest cover art

Doom II: Hell on EarthvsRoboquest

Doom II: Hell on Earth leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Roboquest leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Doom II: Hell on EarthRoboquest

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Roboquest leans harder on execution: Extremely fast FPS movement and aiming is the decisive axis

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 5

Roboquest leans harder on variance: Weapon drops and Guardian Crystal picks vary per run

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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