When comparing LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS vs World of Goo, the Slant community recommends World of Goo for most people. In the question“What are the best PC games for kids?” World of Goo is ranked 1st while LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose World of Goo is:
A lot of attention has been put into creating interesting levels with great pacing and variety throughout the game.
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Pros
Pro Nvidia Shield controller support
LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS has controller support for the Nvidia Shield tablet.
Pro No in app purchases
There are zero in app purchases in LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS, which keeps the trend of the LEGO games being child friendly.
Pro Huge amount of playable characters
There are over 120 different playable character that the player can unlock throughout the game to play with in game. This also gives the game quite a bit of replayability for those that want to collect all of the characters available.
Pro Great variety in puzzles
A lot of attention has been put into creating interesting levels with great pacing and variety throughout the game.
Pro Beautiful visual style
World of Goo is pleasing to look at. Most of the time it's very colorful and joyful, but it changes from time to time to reflect different parts of the world. Nevertheless, it is stylistically well presented throughout the game.
Pro A twisted tale
As you start playing there doesn't seem to be much of a story. A few philosophical messages left behind by the Sign Painter and a cut-scene here or there. But as you progress through the game you unearth different details about a slightly disturbing world.
Pro Good, funny music
Each level has good and very funny music.
Pro Excellent physics engine
Physics in-game take into account gravity, wind, weight of different goo-balls, structural integrity of your architectural solutions to create an addictive, "let me try this one more time"-type of gameplay.
Cons
Con Limited amount of devices the game will run on
Warner Bros. International Enterprises has limited the amount of devices that the game can run on, most likely to ensure that the game will run at an acceptable level.
Con Uses a lot of RAM
Being that this is a port of a console game, there can be quite a bit of lag as most Android devices do not have enough GPU RAM to play the game smoothly.
Con No co-op mode
The PC version does not include the co-op mode that was included in the Wii Ware version.