If you're not familiar with the Worms phenomenon, it's a deceptively simple game in which two or more teams of cute cartoon maggots fire weapons at each other in an attempt to wipe out the opposing team.
It's turn-based; that is, first you take a shot at one of your girlfriend's worms, then one of hers takes a shot at one of yours. You can't move or shoot back during the other player's go, and this is one of the things that makes the game so tense and compelling. The other is the unpredictable nature of the armoury you're given: bazooka shells which get buffeted by the wind, grenades which ricochet in unforeseen ways, and downright ridiculous weapons such as exploding old ladies and flying sheep.
Murphy's Law comes to the fore time and time again during a round of Worms, with a fair proportion of the fatalities occurring by accident hey - just like a real war. To a sniffy ponce it might look like a 'little game', but it's a damn sight more impressive than most of the blockbusters out there.
In fact it's hard to convey just how intrinsically satisfying it is to play - it's as moreish as popping your way through a huge sheet of bubble wrap.
Successfully scoring a direct hit at long range delivers a short jolt of pleasure on a par with that which accompanies a really good punchline. Playing against an eager companion, you'll find you just don't want to stop, and if they aren't around there's always single-player missions, CPU opponents or the Internet. You can say goodbye to your social life, basically. What else? Well, if you've already got Worms 2 you might want to 'try before you buy'.
The addition of WormNet the online play system is a big plus, but otherwise many of the changes in Worms Armageddon are cosmetic it does look a lot nicer, mind. If you've never played a Worms game before, or you've only tried the first one, you don't have anything to lose.
And before we go, a quick note about Worms Armageddorts superb visuals: this is one of the coolest looking games ever. The design is ingenious, the animation dazzling. The worms are fantastic - full of character and humour - and should really be starring in their own TV cartoon series.
Team 17's graphics department deserve a gigantic sack of awards. Actually, make that two sacks. Each one twice the size of Mount Kilimanjaro. One of the many things the game enables you to tinker with is the landscape itself - you can ask the computer to randomly generate one to your specifications, or pick up your mouse and design it yourself. If you're poncy enough to have a graphics tablet, so much the better; you can draw a forest of great big penlses and then laugh yourself III as the worms hop all over them.
If you're that childish, that is. Worms Armageddon enables you to customise your team In all kinds of inconsequential but amusing ways. You can choose a name for each worm, for example, leading to endless hilarity as Posh Spice lobs a grenade at Dale Winton and Big Balls unloads a shotgun into Wet Arse's face. The worms natter continually throughout each round, and their standard chirpy English voices can be replaced by different languages and dialects.
There are cockney wide boys, grim Yorkshlremen, US sports commentators, worms who speak in German, Dutch, French, and so on. Fair enough. But a few of the speech banks on offer left us feeling a little uncomfortable.
There's a Rasta who wails "Big mama! There's a Japanese worm who screams "Gienadel", a homosexual worm who simpers about handbags and mascara, and an Indian who speaks in fractured grammar, burbling "Goodness gracious me" and "Poppadom!
Close your eyes and whoosh: It's , and you're listening to one of those jaw-dropping sitcoms which dealt with the sensitive issue of racial intolerance by placing a white man In the leading role and reducing everyone else to the level of guming half-wit stereotype. Still, in the knowing '90s, can't we just look on this as a bit of cheeky non-politically correct fun? But since the game is also designed to be played across the Internet, against people of all nations, it'd be interesting to see just how rib-tickling or otherwise the rest of the world finds it.
It wasn't that long ago that Ocean now absorbed into the Infogrames collective brought out Worms for the PlayStation and Saturn. The ultra and when we say "ultra," boy do we mean it addictive turn-based strategy game was an instant hit in our offices. Those days, editors would lob grenades and launch air strikes against one another for hours.
Then a couple of years later, Microprose brought out Worms 2. Alas, it was for the PC only. Even though Internet games were laggy and buggy, we still had a blast with the sequel. Now, the third game in the series is out for the PC, but we have our eyes forward for the console versions instead. After all, Worms is a hilarious party game If you're not familiar with the concept, it's about teams of cute worms who are armed with deadly and goofy weapons.
These teams are scattered about outlandish landscapes and forced to fight one another, until only one side remains. Only one worm moves and attacks at a time, and when his or her turn is up, the next team gets to have a crack with its own worm representative.
When your worm is up umm You can move into a better spot for offense, burrow underground and take a defensive stance, parachute off a cliff to take the lower ground, teleport, grapple rope with the famous Ninja Rope to move closer to the enemy, teleport, etc.
When you're where you want to be, you then have to pull out one of the many weapons at your disposal. Is the enemy standing on the edge of a dangerously high cliff? Then a baseball bat to the noggin should send him a flyin'. What if he's in a valley? Throw a cluster grenade down at him.
Other offensive tools include shotguns, mini-guns, dynamite, flame throwers, guided missiles, bazookas, mortars and more. Some of the more non-traditional attacks include Dragonballs and Fire Punches yes, they're mocking Street Fighter , exploding sheep and old ladies, stinky skunks and the Holy Hand Grenade.
And when you need to exterminate a whole field of worms, try one of the weapons of mass destruction, like a napalm strike or carpet bomb which involves an explosive batch of carpet rolls being dropped from the sky.
This game has over 70 weapon types, many of which are secret and can only be gained by collecting them from air-dropped weapon crates. If the finished product matches the quality of the PC title, Worms Armageddon for Dreamcast is going to rock. Don't miss out on what will probably be the best party game for DC this year.
Many deadlines ago, we were glued to our TV sets, playing the original Worms for hours at a time. Now, the third and best chapter in the series Worms 2 never came out for the consoles is here, and I couldn't be happier.
This excellent strategy title makes a perfect party game. Don't let the term "strategy" scare you off either--this is a simple game that's hella easy to jump right into. It's also one of the most fun things you'll ever play.
Whether it's Crispin accidentally falling on top of a live stick of dynamite he just placed or me inadvertently letting go of the Ninja Rope over water sending me to my watery grave , something inevitably goes awry. And when it does, everyone laughs their heads off. As a sequel, this one doesn't disappoint. The graphics are leagues better. The game has tons of new and secret weapons.
The numerous game schemes provide plenty of variety. The training mode adds a lot to the normally weak one-player Worms experience. Speaking of which, playing WA against the CPU is alright it doesn't aim as annoyingly perfect as it used to , but it takes an awful long time to think out its moves. Don't get this for the one-player game though It comes down to this: If you have at least one friend, you should own Armageddon.
And since most PlayStation owners have at least one friend, all of them should have this game. It's that good. In fact, the only things that are a little off about the game are the cheesy euro-dance music at the Title Screen, and how long it takes the Al to decide what to do during a one-player match. Note: You don't need to own a multi-tap to enjoy multiplayer fun.
Worms Armageddon may have originated on the PC, but this madly rewarding multiplayer experience reaches its full potential on the PlayStation. Invite three pals over you don't need a Multi-tap , boot this thing up and you're set for hours of goofy fun. Everything about WA, from its extensive options to its many play modes, is fine-tuned for multiplayer play. Even nongamers--like, say, your significant other--will love this game.
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