head to head
vs
Doom II: Hell on EarthvsZanac
Doom II: Hell on Earth leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Zanac leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Doom II: Hell on EarthZanac
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Zanac leans harder on reads: Adaptive difficulty AI exists but is fully mappable
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Zanac leans harder on optimization: Weapon choice and AI-manipulation strategies converge with study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.