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Orcs Must Die! 2 cover artvsWorld of Goo cover art

Orcs Must Die! 2vsWorld of Goo

Orcs Must Die! 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Goo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Orcs Must Die! 2World of Goo

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Orcs Must Die! 2 leans harder on execution: Co-op shooting and trap triggering

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Orcs Must Die! 2 leans harder on variance: Endless mode shuffles compositions slightly

Optimization8 vs 8

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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World of Goo