head to head
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max PaynevsThe Ultimate Doom
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Ultimate Doom leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max PayneThe Ultimate Doom
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
The Ultimate Doom leans harder on execution: twitch aim and movement drive combat
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
The Ultimate Doom leans harder on optimization: weapon routing and glory-kill loops 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.

