And Team 17 also waved their magic wand over the multiplayer side of things. Single player has been injected with a dose of testosterone and now features up to 30 missions that get progressively more challenging the further you progress into the game. Originally released on Xbox Live Arcade in 2009, Worms 2: Armageddon features a host of new weapons, including the bunker buster, lightning strike, electro magnet, emergency teleporter, the poison strike and the super bunker buster. There is very little fun to be had in multiplayer unless you’re happy to pass the controller from player to player.Īll of these gripes however are done away with in Worms 2: Armageddon. The weapons are less varied, the randomly generated terrains are less adventurous and games against the AI can take a long, long time. Worms Collection includes the original 2D games Worms, Worms 2: Armageddon and the less successful 3D outing, Worms Ultimate Mayhem.įor anyone who has played and loved Worms, the first game will be an introduction to the series that can be skipped without fear of missing anything. At your disposal are an arsenal of creative and wickedly ingenious weapons ranging from the traditional rocket launchers to flying post boxs dropping exploding letters (the Mail Strike), The MB bomb ( a cartoon caricature of Martyn Brown, Team17’s studio director), the Holy Hand Grenade (from Monty Python and the Holy Grail) and of course, the classic exploding sheep. The idea is simplicity itself: take control of a team of four worms and destroy the competition. In its latest outing, the core gameplay remains untouched. Side scrolling 2D was cooler than Michael Jackson’s moonwalk and iconoclastic British game developers Team 17 were the Rockstars of the day.įlash forward to 2012 and Team 17 have dusted off the Worms series and bundled it up in one sweet offering, the Worms Collection.
Back then, in the hazy, carefree years of 1995, gaming was dominated by teams of mischievous invertebrates hell bent on blowing each other up with rocket launchers and exploding sheep. For those who answered with just one word: “Worms,” well, pat yourself on the back and have a shiny gold star on us. Quick quiz: What were the most momentous events of 1995? For anyone who answered Braveheart and Toy Story topping the movie charts, Bill Clinton taking up residency at the White House and Microsoft raising the curtains on Windows 95, go to the top of the class.
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