Worms Armageddon

"The first time you'll be happy to say, "I've got worms!" >:)"

I played this game at James' birthday for the first time, and I now proudly worship it as one of the great games of the PSX era. Man, this is an awesome mult-player game. It's probably the 2nd best multi-player game out there. (You can't beat Chu Chu! >:P)If you have one friend who doesn't like video games, you'll like this.

Graphics: 9/10

Smooth, solid 2-D real-time. With worms. Without the heavy 3-D stuff to jam up the glitz and glitter of the game (minus the very cool intro movie) you have plenty of room for beautiful scenery, weapons, and funny little moving squiggly guys. The actual look of the moves are cool, themselves. It's so much fun to turn Kamikaze, hear the little guy scream, and then, POOF! He's gone. Action between scenes and worms is completely seamless with out a trace of slowdown.

Sound: 10/10

Onomatopoeia has done it's job here. While there isn't much music, it's the funnest thing in the world to hear their squeaky, squiggly little screams as they plummet to their death. >:) Other sound effects work nicely, and sound like their real-life counterparts. (Not that I've ever heard a bazooka go off, but still...)

Gameplay: 8/10

Like I said, this is one of the best multi-player games of all time. As a 1P game, it just doesn't suffice. The deathmatches weren't that great, and the AI on this game is sloooooooooow. At least it doesn't have the dead-on accuracy that, as I'm told, dminated the previous Worms games. The only other thing I can really think of to complain about is the customization. Sure, it's great. But most of you, like me, didn't want to wait 10 minutes to get your match set-up before you started blowing each other up. Thankfully, they have a ''QuickStart Multi-Player'' feature, in which the CPU chosses a randomized location and settings. Because of this, you almost never get what you wanted in the match, and sometimes end up so that the worm that goes first ends up nest to a cliff where every other player on the game is standing directly above the water on the edge of a cliff. A stick of dynamite and it's all over. Now, on with the good stuff. The main what being is that, if you're patient, the full customization will give you not only exactly what you want, but one of the greatest gaming experiences of your life. This game always has stuff going wrong in it, mainly to you. But you won't mind since even though you're losing and almost completely dead, you're laughing your ass off because you're having such a damn good time. And the best part is, the learning curve is about 10 minutes. I'm serious, play, learn the menus, become a veteran, all in 10 minutes! After that, every player has an equal amount of skill so it's anybody's game! Control in this game is probably the easiest in any game, excluding aiming your Kamikaze and Ninja Rope.

Overall Fun Factor: 8/10

While not a great 1-Player game, your parents will even have a good time. I just wish Alex would stop using that damn Nuclear Strike! O_o Seeya! --Rick >:P

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 05/04/00, Updated 05/04/00