Worms: Open Warfare

Publisher: THQ

Platform: DS

Category: Strategy / Sim

Rating Info

Release Date: 24/03/2006

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Number of Players: 1-4

Worms: Open Warfare Description

Worms Open Warfare (WOW) is a multi-player game that blends all-out action, strategy and sheer outrageous fortune. No game of WOW is ever the same, as both landscape and the placement of combatants are randomly generated, making it endlessly entertaining, with up to four teams of Worms able to battle it out thanks to the wonderful wireless facility. WOW can be played in a number of different ways: players can choose wanton destruction as their modus operandi, whilst others can play it safe. There are also those who are so underhanded that they have vengeance wreaked upon them at every turn. Those playing a defensive game and hiding their worms away are said to have turned to the 'dark side' and must be slain! Whatever your chosen strategy, it's all about the weapons available: and Worms veterans will be delighted to know that all the classics are here - Sheep, Prod, Banana Bomb - they're all intact. Very reassuring. Worms Open Warfare is the game we've been waiting for for the ultimate handheld Worms experience. Some of us here still go back to the original PlayStation version when the mood grabs us: this is the version of that that you can play anywhere, and for this reason, our collective cap is doffed in the direction of THQ and developer Team17.

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Reviewed by: Abeus	Date: 21/06/2006	Rating:
Worms on the DS, at first glance it could be nothing but a great game. With the use of a touch screen I was expecting some great inovations to the systems. Not only was this not the case, but the touch screen was used to a very bad effect. To play this game with anything else than the bazzoka you'll need to use the stylus AND the control pads - using a total of 3 hands. This may be ideal for the odd mutant, but for the majority, if not all, of DS users this is just a pain in the neck. As for the actual gameplay - there's nothing here that wasn't in the original, and quite a lot has been left out. The variety of weapons is pathetically small, and the upper screen graphics are as smooth as sandpaper. If you've played any other version of the game, don't bother with this one, you'll just be dissapointed.

Reviewed by: danielwaters	Date: 07/08/2006	Rating:
It really isn't worth your precious tie. I sent this game back the same day I rented it, after being immediately disappointed on every aspect of the game. You know it's bad when a poorly designed menu system warms you up for the worst execution of Worms in the twelve years of the franchise. After wrestling with the unintuitive root into actual gameplay, all my fears were confirmed with shoddy graphics, zero innovation when it comes to the touch screen, and physics that pre-date the 1994 original that came on FLOPPY DISCS. If this is in your rental queue, grab it by the throat, and toss it as far as possible. Pokemon would be a better choice than this.

Features

The unique Two-and-a-half dimensional environments of the PSP means that the player has all the attractiveness of 3D environments, but without complex camera mechanics or the problems of locating enemies.

A full overhaul of the balancing of weapons and AI engines

Streamlined menu system and play modes, tailored especially to suit the needs of mobile gamers inc the addition of mid-mission saves for the first time means that gamers on the move needn?t lose the progress they?ve made in either single or multiplayer games.

Multiplayer mode allowing up to four players using one unit (hot seat).

Multiplayer mode via WIFI technology allowing connection of 4 units.

Worms features a huge collection of favourite Worms weapons.

5 all-new graphical themes, with randomly generated landscapes.

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