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Defense Grid: The Awakening cover artvsWorld of Goo cover art

Defense Grid: The AwakeningvsWorld of Goo

Defense Grid: The Awakening leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Goo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Defense Grid: The AwakeningWorld of Goo

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

World of Goo leans harder on execution: Placing goo balls needs only mild precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Defense Grid: The Awakening leans harder on optimization: tower placement and maze design solved

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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World of Goo