by Bridger Berg
PHS Press staff member
Hey! This a review of a group of games, a group of STRANGE
and very fun games, known as the “Worms Games.” The versions of the games
include Worms Reloaded, Worms Clan Wars, and Worms Revolution.
The story of these games, if you could call it that, is of a
group of worms that for some reason have extremely advanced technology and
weapons, and wage warfare on other equally advanced worms. 9/10 Rating for
creativity!
Anyway, these worms fight in many different landscapes and
scenarios, such as forts, where the worms have to destroy each other’s fortress
to win, deathmatch, where the goal is to eliminate all the enemy worms, and a
lot of other variations of those two types.
The game is multiplayer, turn based, and viewed from the
side. The first player does their turn, one worm from their team of four worms
being selected to fight that turn, then using special items they either start
out with or collect, such as the Holy Hand Grenade, the Explosive Sheep, and
the Water gun to try to eliminate their opponents before their time for their
turn runs out. (As you may have guessed by now, this game doesn’t really take
itself very seriously.)
After that, the
next player goes, doing the same thing. This continues until the map is
thoroughly destroyed and the last team with at least one worm still alive on
their team wins.
Example turn: It’s GeneralSlimy122’s turn first. His “Scout”
class worm, Tiny, is selected for him to play that turn. He crawls Tiny over to
WormyOverlord101’s “Heavy” class worm, Bob. Selecting Tiny’s Baseball bat
weapon, he hits Bob, who was near the edge of the map, off the side and into
the water below, eliminating him.
It’s now
WormyOverlord101’s turn. His “Soldier” class worm, Harry, is standing next to
his “Scientist” class worm, Moe, who is selected that turn, so his scientist
heals both Harry and himself with the scientist unique skill.
Then selecting a jetpack for Moe and flying him over close
to Tiny, WormyOverlord selects the Explosive Sheep. Clicking the mouse once
activates the Sheep, which begins running over to Tiny. A second click blows up
the Sheep, heavily damaging Tiny.
Play go
es back to GeneralSlimy122, and
another of his worms is selected to fight that turn.
There can be up to four players in a map, which would total
sixteen worms! Talk about chaos! There is also a single player option, so that
those that are either offline or are just getting started and need to learn a
bit can still play.
Worms are also
customizable, so you can give them different voices, hats, glasses, names, and
so on. If you have the game through the massive game site, Steam, you can also
download custom maps and other content from the Steam workshop, a place for
people to share their creations.
I would recommend this for: Someone looking for a light and
silly but still very fun game, since these games are very different from any
others. They are also perfect for a bored Minecraft player or whatever. (No
offense to Minecraft.) So if you think it sounds right for you, go and try one
of the many editions of these games!
