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PC Building Simulator cover artvsWorld of Goo cover art

PC Building SimulatorvsWorld of Goo

PC Building Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Goo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
PC Building SimulatorWorld 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.

Optimization7 vs 8

World of Goo leans harder on optimization: Tower structure and goo economy are solvable per level

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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