head to head
vs
Doom II: Hell on EarthvsShikhondo: Soul Eater
Doom II: Hell on Earth leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shikhondo: Soul Eater leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Doom II: Hell on EarthShikhondo: Soul Eater
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Shikhondo: Soul Eater leans harder on execution: Weaving through dense bullet patterns is the entire game
Reads0 vs 1
Shikhondo: Soul Eater leans harder on reads: Bosses fire scripted patterns, not adaptation
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.