Exploding sheep lead to exploding old women. I mean, where else can you ‘prod’ someone to death? Throughout the 2D era, the developers managed to incorporate ever more gloriously macabre means of administering last rites. Worms is of course a game that delights in its black comedy, as ably demonstrated by the gameplay of all previous titles. Be it the battered leathery bonnet of a middle aged peasant, knights helmet, or the black humour inspired ‘hook’ through the worm, you will not be found wanting. On the subject of personalisation, along with still being able to customise the little fellas headstones they now don headgear. You are of course equipped with new weird and (not always wonderful) dialects. The sounds, ambient music and trademark accents and battle cries are the same as they were in 2001. The 2D graphics are still pretty much the same, with added textual oomph for the backgrounds.

Rewinding to World Party as the yardstick for this new release, and you see subtle and almost universally welcome changes implemented. Have they resisted the temptation to flower the thing up with gizmos, throw away game modes and the like? And if this is so, have they gone too far with this premise and essentially re-released Worms World Party? Being privy to the game for a few days has given me the opportunity to see just whether they have metered that oh so fine balance between old and new. Or both, of course.Īs I write this, the Windows via Steam release date for Worms Reloaded has been and gone. The good people at Team 17 have either seen this and the potential pound signs in it, or come up against the same problems with their own 3D projects.

The developers of Sonic the Hedgehog have relented after years of struggling to perfect a major 3D transition, with the upcoming episodic Sonic 4 title.

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