By Sam Coles:
It’s hard to believe that the Worms series has been
around for over 20 years and the gameplay has been mostly unchanged, minus the hiccup
with the 3D Worms, but we don’t talk about that. When I was a child I owned
most of the Worms games on the PS1 such as the original and my personal
favourite World Party. To my surprise I found out that a new game was coming
out on the Xbox One and PS4 and to say I was excited was an understatement
because I’m huge fan of the series. Worms WMD goes back to the classic formula
by removing the classes from Revolution and Battlegrounds and goes back to
standard Worms gameplay but on a bigger scale.
Worms WMD has a really good singleplayer offering
because if you’re an avid player you will know that the series is the best when
you’re with friends, but this game has a substantial campaign and challenge
mode for you to get use to the new mechanics. There are varied and challenging
with each mission and the objective isn’t always killing all the worms it can
vary from defend a VIP to collecting a heavily guarded create. You also get
mini challenges on a check list where there are certain stipulations that you have
to meet which will level you up and you can unlock new hats, voice samples,
graves and victory music. There is so much content for you to unlock to
customise your teams and my personal favourite voices to equip are the
Achievement Hunter voices because it’s funny to hear their voices all squeaky
especially Geoff’s laugh.
So what’s new? I hear you cry! Well they’ve added
some new weapons that are themed around other games as they appear as guests
such as the Rocket League car to the dubstep gun from Saint’s Row IV. Another
new mechanic they have added is crafting, what you can do is make more weapons if
you’re running low or you can improve the damage or add new effects to current
weapons. This is great because it adds a bit of unpredictability as you don’t
know what your foe has constructed and plus it gives you something to do in
between turns.
Another new feature is that you can have up to eight
worms on one team as well as having and up to six players which is absolute chaos
and it will take you a while to finish a game. They’ve added vehicles too so
you can take control of tanks which shoot multiple shots if you hold down the
fire button and mech suits which are devastating which can send worms flying.
The games graphics are beautiful, rather than going
for the CGI look like the last two games Team 17 instead went for a cell shaded
look and it looks wonderful. The worms have over exaggerated expressions with
funny faces and large mouths when they scream; this art style is going to age
well with the years to come.
The only problems I have is something the worms
series has always had and that is when you’re moving you have a habit of
getting stuck on the level geometry and it can be a pain.
Worms WMD is an absolute classic with new features
sprinkled in to make it fresh, but they maintain the classic formula with great
gameplay and chaotic multiplayer. This game is fantastic and I urge you to go
out and get it, plus it’s cheap it only costs £19.99 as of writing this review.
It’s a great way for Team 17 to celebrate 25 years! Happy 25th Team
17 and I hope you last for another 25 years.
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