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Q.U.B.E. 2 cover artvsWorld of Goo cover art

Q.U.B.E. 2vsWorld of Goo

Q.U.B.E. 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Goo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Q.U.B.E. 2World 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.

Variance0 vs 1

World of Goo leans harder on variance: Physics are visible and deterministic

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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Q.U.B.E. 2

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World of Goo