Widely regarded as the best in the series, Worms 2: Armageddon is also easily the best game of this collection. Thankfully, things improve dramatically with the re-incarnation of Worms 2: Armageddon. And don't get me started on the tacky menu screens and complete lack of charm or humour in the game. Actually, scrap that – I've just played my original copy on my Playstation One and THAT plays, looks and sounds better than this HD update. The game itself doesn't play absolutely terribly, though it is severely dated and there are issues with clarity and glitches. Either way, this makes Worms strangely harrowing as each grenade hits, all you can hear is the worm's despairing Yorkshire gurgle, like the noise a pre-teen Leeds United fan makes as another goal hits their net. It is hard to describe the sound due to the fact that there is no music, although I cannot tell whether this is intentional or a glitch of the disc. The graphics are poorly textured and very blocky, attempting a pseudo-3D look but failing abysmally. Originally released on the Xbox Live Arcade in 2007, it is five years old now and boy can you tell. The Worms remake is a very strange effort, itself based on a port of the original named Worms: Open Warfare. As this is really three games, I will split the review into a section for each game before bringing it all together for the conclusion. In 2003 the series controversially, if predictably, emerged into 3D to a decidedly mixed reception from which it has never really recovered.įollowing the popular gaming concept of 'if you can't beat it, remake it,' Team 17 have brought together three 're-imagining'/HD remakes of their original products the original Worms, the best in the series Worms 2: Armageddon and an effective best of version of the two 3D efforts, Worms: Ultimate Mayhem into one pack. ![]() Since its first release in 1995 on the Amiga, the Worms series has been regarded as one of the great multi-player games of the 2D era there's a fair chance that most gamers, and many non-gamers, have ran into the wrigglers at one point or another. Earthworm Jim set the ball rolling, but the Lumbricus Terrestris are most famous for blowing each other up using an arsenal big enough to make the US Army blush. Although they have fared better in the world of videogames, a better, less violent life has always eluded them. ![]() Chased by moles, harried by birds, torn by children, they are nature's whipping boys despite allegedly being able to live on once split in two. By Joseph Trotter, posted on 01 September 2012 / 4,223 Views
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