9/3/2023 0 Comments Worms revolution lets play![]() Heavy worms pack a bigger punch, but the trade-off is a pathetically-slow movement speed and jump height, as well as a bigger target for the other side to aim at. Scout class worms are meant to be used for hit-and-run scenarios, quick retrieval of items and provide a smaller target to hit, but are knocked for six far more easily and become an utter ball-ache to deal with should they choose to dark-side. Your potential line-up can include the standard soldier class we’ve known for decades, the tiny, feebly-hitting scout, the thuggishly-demeanoured heavy and the disproportionally-lobed scientist. Numbering four in total, the classes are actually fairly typical, and slightly disappointingly so. Your side isn’t just restricted to four units identical in all but name, as Team17 have introduced a class system that now means you’ll be scratching your head pondering what to do before you’ve even entered the match. It’s a very real possibility that your troops could end up drowning in a crater with no obvious means of escape as their life-force ticks steadily away, and some of my most intense fights have come from futilely attempting to wipe out the other side before my remaining worms meet a watery grave. Any submerged worms will lose increments of health over every turn, regardless of if they’re in play or not and find it harder to escape thanks to the heavier gravity. Some stages lend themselves to the use of water more than others, and it means that there are no comfortable places to hide away on the battlefield anymore, as dark-siding (hiding away and playing defensively) becomes a less suitable tactic when the threat of drowning looms ever-present. The deadly liquid can be used to cleanly sweep enemies off of the stage, carry mines across the battlefield and slowly drown anyone unlucky enough to be submerged. On top of the strategic revelry that comes from the environmental hazards, the water that has plagued worm-kind since the last century has gained an extra level in ‘lethal’ with its inclusion as a selectable weapon, and the threat of a watery grave has become far more commonplace as a result. Each item will affect the battlefield in a different way once destroyed, from poisoning nearby foes, setting the surrounding area ablaze, flooding it, or simply leaving a crater in the ground, and it’s even possible to use them to crush enemies to death. The level of strategy deepens with the addition of destructible objects scattered around the landscape, once woven into the stages as additional cover, now potential avenues of doom for your opponents. Far from being just a cosmetic change, this set-up allows for tighter physics and actions carrying an extra weight that makes the combat feel meatier and more involving. The first of those changes is by far the most significant as, while the action takes place from the traditional 2D stand-point, the worms, the environment and the havoc they wreak upon it are all rendered in three dimensions. ![]() Those wondering why the word ‘revolution’ has been suffixed to the title if it’s returning to its roots should read further, and perhaps mediate on the concept of patience.Īfter seventeen years of carnage, Team17′s latest outing brings with it the most significant changes to the formula since the aforementioned forays into three dimensions and sport, with the pink invertebrates now affixed to a 2.5D perspective, a class system, a raft of new weapons and a celebrity voice-over. After a period which saw the series retread its third-dimensional roots and make a foray into the world of golf, the pink destructors are finally back to doing what some would say they’re arguably best at – firing explosives at each other and inanely repeating humorous stock-phrases. Once a rigidly militant and familiar-looking faction, Wormius Fisticuffius has mutated into four distinct forms, acquired more tactics and methods with which to dispatch their foes, and Team17, avid keepers of the invertebrate, have seen fit to release them on to the unsuspecting public once again.Īs an avid fan of the series, I found myself spending the months after E3 quietly anticipating Worms: Revolution. Once a small-but-incredibly-brutal genus of worm, the species has undergone a breath-taking evolution unlike anything we’ve ever seen before in nature. ![]() I’m Edward Price, and today we’ll be looking at the elusive Wormius Fisticuffius. Hello, fellow nature lovers, and welcome to World Watch.
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