I want to give this game a bad review. I really do. I want to tell you not to buy this game. I want to say its a rip off. There should be more weapons, more customization, and compelling single player missions. I want to tell you to go get Worms Armageddon or World Party for the computer, but if I told you that I'd being you a disservice. Worms PSN is the best worms experience available and is some of the most fun you can have playing video games with friends.
If you're unfamiliar with the Worms franchise, then shame on you. You control cute little worms with big weapons in a turn based 2D strategy game. The game is carefully designed to illicit humor, usually from your worms accidentally killing themselves, and getting angry in high pitched voices. It's brilliant. As long as you have a couple of friends to enjoy the laughs with, but even if you don't you can enjoy the game online in every edition of Worms since Worms 2 with the exception of the Wii version. Most worms games since Worms Armageddon have also attempted to offer some single player missions, but that is not how the game is meant to be played. They can be semi-entertaining diversions, but you can not make your Worms buying decisions on the single player experience. Which is good for the PSN versions sales prospects because it has some of the worst single player missions in any worms games. They're boring, and completely pedestrian.
The PSN version is also missing about twenty or so weapons that were available in the PC versions of the games, and have about a third of the customization options. So why is the PSN version a better experience? It's because its on a console. Sitting on a couch and playing pass the controller is a better way to play the game then hot seating on a PC. It's more comfortable, and more fun. You might miss some of the weapons for their sheer ridiculousness, but the core weapons that make the game fun are all here; the weapons they skipped are the novelty ones that entertain you once or twice, but have no place in your regular worms games. They even threw in the concrete donkey for good measure. Yes, there are less weapons, but the important ones are there. Same with the customization options. In the PC versions you can customize anything and everything, which is not the case in the PSN version, where you always play with 4 worms to a team, and they always have 100 health. Luckily 4 worms to a team with 100 health is really the best setting. What weapons you start with you and turn lengths; that is all still customizable.
It should also be noted the game runs in 1080p and is the best looking Worms available.
What makes the PSN version better the XBLA version: more weapons and in general just more content including voices.
What makes it better than the Wii version: Online play
13 dollars is a steep price considering you get less content then a version of the game you might already own, but honestly its worth it so you can play pass the controller. It's a reluctant recommendation, because it feels like a tired franchise milking us for every last penny; but its a strategy that works because Worms is just that good and any self respecting gamer needs a version of it and they need on a console.
If you're unfamiliar with the Worms franchise, then shame on you. You control cute little worms with big weapons in a turn based 2D strategy game. The game is carefully designed to illicit humor, usually from your worms accidentally killing themselves, and getting angry in high pitched voices. It's brilliant. As long as you have a couple of friends to enjoy the laughs with, but even if you don't you can enjoy the game online in every edition of Worms since Worms 2 with the exception of the Wii version. Most worms games since Worms Armageddon have also attempted to offer some single player missions, but that is not how the game is meant to be played. They can be semi-entertaining diversions, but you can not make your Worms buying decisions on the single player experience. Which is good for the PSN versions sales prospects because it has some of the worst single player missions in any worms games. They're boring, and completely pedestrian.
The PSN version is also missing about twenty or so weapons that were available in the PC versions of the games, and have about a third of the customization options. So why is the PSN version a better experience? It's because its on a console. Sitting on a couch and playing pass the controller is a better way to play the game then hot seating on a PC. It's more comfortable, and more fun. You might miss some of the weapons for their sheer ridiculousness, but the core weapons that make the game fun are all here; the weapons they skipped are the novelty ones that entertain you once or twice, but have no place in your regular worms games. They even threw in the concrete donkey for good measure. Yes, there are less weapons, but the important ones are there. Same with the customization options. In the PC versions you can customize anything and everything, which is not the case in the PSN version, where you always play with 4 worms to a team, and they always have 100 health. Luckily 4 worms to a team with 100 health is really the best setting. What weapons you start with you and turn lengths; that is all still customizable.
It should also be noted the game runs in 1080p and is the best looking Worms available.
What makes the PSN version better the XBLA version: more weapons and in general just more content including voices.
What makes it better than the Wii version: Online play
13 dollars is a steep price considering you get less content then a version of the game you might already own, but honestly its worth it so you can play pass the controller. It's a reluctant recommendation, because it feels like a tired franchise milking us for every last penny; but its a strategy that works because Worms is just that good and any self respecting gamer needs a version of it and they need on a console.
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