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Worms reloaded vs armageddon6/4/2023 ![]() There are 50 familiar voice sets for gamers to choose from and 20 new ones. Reloaded brings back the well known speech banks from the previous games in a higher quality and re-mastered form. The same thing can be said for the sound of the game too: it has never been better. Long story short, Worms has never looked better. This is a welcome addition to the series as it makes it a lot easier to scan the environment in order to plan your attacks. ![]() The game also includes widescreen support which is something that wasn’t present in the previous PC iterations. It doesn’t take much to run the game and it should look good on any computer it’s installed on. The characters are crisp and animated and the animations are smooth and detailed. While the game utilizes the classic graphical style that fans of the series have grown to know and love, it looks as good as ever. Worms has never looked better and brighter than it does in this version of the game. One of the first “new” features of the game involves the high definition graphical style. While the core of the game remains the same, it’s the new additions that make this package the best one compiled yet. Worms don’t like water and ending up in the drink will mean certain death. In addition to the destruction that the weapons themselves inflict on the worms, the environment often offers its own with landmines and explosive barrels often littered about, as well as the ever-pending, and deadly, water looming at the bottom of each stage. Players do nothing more than take turns taking shots at one another until one team is left standing with at least one member alive. The premise of the game is as simple as it has always been: players will control individual teams of multiple Worms and use various weapons and tools to eliminate their opponents which are spread across a destructible map. The charm of Worms Reloaded, and the series in general, lies in its simplicity. Reloaded includes all of the content included in the original Armageddon XBLA release with the additional content that was released on the Microsoft Marketplace as well as many completely new and original features that have never been seen before. The new game, available exclusively (currently) through Valve’s Steam service is a beefed up version of Worms 2: Armageddon for the Xbox Live Arcade. It seemed as if Team 17 had finally managed to rekindle the original magic of the Worms’ series and the popularity started to grow once more.Īll of those events led us to 2010 and Worms Reloaded for the PC (and in development for MacOS). The XBLA release was quickly regarded as the best iteration of the series in years and heralded for its return to the 2D style of the origjnal. ![]() The series bounced around from publisher to publisher over the years, until finally landing back at home with Team 17 for the 2007 Xbox Live Arcade release of Worms 2: Armageddon. ![]() In an attempt to reinvigorate the series, the developers attempted to move the series into the third dimension with 2003’s Worms 3D needless to say the reception was nowhere near as great as the original. In short, many felt that the series was growing stale and that the game releases were simply minor updates to previous installments and not worthy of entirely new releases. Although the series was critically acclaimed early on during the mid- to late 1990’s, concerns regarding the lack of meaningful additions and changes to subsequent versions grew with every release. In recent years though, the popularity of the Worms’ games has dwindled, almost to the point of obscurity. The series has been around for 15 years now and has hit almost every console imaginable. When it comes to the Worms’ series, you either love them or you don’t rarely have I seen a middle ground when discussing the series with other gamers. ![]()
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