Worms World Party

Worms World Party
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Developer(s)	Microsoft Windows & Dreamcast Team17 PlayStation The Code Monkeys Game Boy Advance Fluid Studios N-Gage Paragon 5
Publisher(s)	Microsoft Windows & Dreamcast EU Virgin Interactive NA Titus Software PlayStation & Game Boy Advance Ubi Soft Entertainment N-Gage Nokia
Series	Worms
Platforms	Microsoft Windows Dreamcast PlayStation Game Boy Advance N-Gage (both 1st & 2nd generation) Windows Mobile
Release date(s)	Microsoft Windows EU 20010406April 6, 2001 NA 20010616June 16, 2001 Dreamcast EU 20010427April 27, 2001 NA 20010603June 3, 2001 PlayStation December 14, 2001 Game Boy Advance EU 20021004October 4, 2002 NA 20021029October 29, 2002 N-Gage EU 20050415April 15, 2005 NA 20050511May 11, 2005
Genre(s)	Artillery, Strategy
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer

Worms World Party is an artillery strategy game. It was developed by Team17 as the seventh game in the Worms series, and was released in 2001. It was the last 2D Worms game before the series' three-year stint in 3D, starting with Worms 3D.

There is a plan to make Worms Armageddon and Worms World Party cross-compatible when Worms Armageddon reaches version 4.0 (currently version 3.7.2.1). Since the development of new Armageddon patches is quite slow, it could take quite a long time until that happens.

Gameplay

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Worms World Party screenshot illustrating several worms and some landscape deformed by explosions.

Like its predecessors, Worms World Party is a side-scrolling video game involving controlling a team of worms and using a collection of weaponry to eliminate the opposing team(s). The worms can walk and jump around and use tools such as the ninja rope and parachute to move to otherwise unreachable locations.

The worms have an arsenal of dozens of weapons, ranging from longbows to bazookas and from fireball to Holy Hand Grenades. There are also an array of special weapons, such as Armageddon (meteor shower) or the infamous Concrete Donkey. Some of these weapons are present in the worms' initial arsenal while others can be collected from randomly appearing crates during the game. For some weapons, such as grenades, holding the launching key longer shoots them further. The landscape can be deformed with any weapon, forcing the players to adapt to changing environments. Also, in addition to the nature-made obstacles, the maps may contain land mines which explode when a worm comes close to one, and barrels which explode when shot, spreading out some burning napalm. These often lead to very technical combinations where, for example, a worm is first hit with a grenade and is then thrown against a mine which sets off another worm, which hits a third worm who slips into the water.

The image illustrates a match between three teams of worms in a pirate-themed map. Over their heads the worms have their names and hit points. The color of the text indicates the team the worm belongs to. Each team can be customized by the player's will, including the language the worms speak and the headstone that is left when a worm dies. The worms can also be drowned, in which case no headstone is left. In the bottom of the screen the remaining time and the wind speed are shown. When the time runs out, the water level starts to raise on each turn, drowning the worms at the lowest points of the map (this is called Sudden Death). The wind speed affects some weapons. Failing to account for it may turn a missile back into the worm who launched it.

The player can play against the computer, or can play against people on the same computer or over the Internet or local area network (TCP/IP and IPX supported).

The player can set up many options and make maps you can play on prior to battle to tailor the experience. There are also single-player and multiplayer missions available to help refine the player's skills with the various weapons and utilities.

Worms World Party Remastered

On June 10, 2015, Team17 officially uploaded Worms World Party Remastered announcement trailer on their own YouTube channel. The game was released to Steam on July 16, 2015. The game is "remastered in 1080p and at 60fps," and with new sound effects. However, it has only a 6/10 rating; reviews are mainly to criticize not the game itself, but the fact that the game is not "remastered" and with many bugs still present from the original. Team17 has released only one update since its release.

Reception

Metacritic finds that Worms World Party has received generally favorable reviews and gave the game PC version a rating of 75 out of 100. The main complaint in the individual reviews is that Worms World Party could have been just an expansion pack to Worms Armageddon. Another meta-review site, GameRankings, gives the game a virtually identical score, 75.44%. This score is, however, significantly lower than what the predecessor, Worms Armageddon got - 87.83%.

External links

• Official website