Worms 3D (Xbox)

The game looks nice and is fun to play, and the muti-player is spot as all worms games have and hopefully will ever be, the controls are well thought out but i would imagine the pc version is a little easier to control but hey they work well and it's nice to beable to sit on the sofa and relax whilst playing.

Ok now a few bad points - the blimp camera is terrible it would be ok if u could zoom in but thats not a feature so it's very hard to pick off many targets which really do require this veiw to either lock on the weapon or if your trying to curl a rocket find the correct angle. the weapons are brilliant as always and look great in 3D but sadly you cannot control many of the weapons your team will start with, for instance the sticky bomb, however some of the weapons schemes do allow this which some may find ok but personally it drives me nuts that im not allowed to. another problem comes in the form of a 3d landscape, all digging tools (eg. blowtorch) have been removed because the game is played in 3rd not first person and would be impossible to see underground, another i find is you often get stuck on small invisible bits of the landscape which can waste valuable seconds especially in the missions.

Something which takes nothing from the game but would have definatly helped would be some form of level design tool, every random generated map ive played ( and thats alot ) has been made up of islands and if not islands 1 large section of land with no form of roof - making using the ninja rope almost impossible.

Overall it's an adverage game - but is still very good fun if you have a few mates round and want something light hearted and relaxing to play, any worms fan such as myself will enjoy the game but will probably feel let down by it - lets hope team17 sort out some of the issues mentioned above and build on many of the games strong points.

The game is similar in style to previous versions of worms, with strange landscapes, huge objects and plenty of highly destructive weapons. The game is great for multiplayer between people of all ages, and for those of you that want to play with lots of friends without having to buy new controllers, the fact that worms is turn-based means that you play multiplayer with plenty of others by simply passing the controller around.

The main disadvantages are that all the previous tunnelling weapons, such as the blow-torch, have been removed because you can't see underground. There is also no custom level design (there is a random generator but that's not as fun) and many of the weapons - particularly the grenades - aren't as easy to use as they used to be.

As if to try and make up for this though, there are a few new tools of destruction. Worms can now fly around on jetpacks and throw sticky bombs at worms behind walls. Gas canisters and blowpipes can be used to poison worms and weaken them over time, allowing you to hide until they succumb to the poison.

Overall, great for laughs and a great way to unwind with friends. It may be disappointing in few aspects, but it's still very fun to play - get ready for exploding sheep once again.

Instead, we have a very different, and very good game. I am glad that Worms has changed. If I wanted more 2D Worms I would have been perfectly happy playing No. 2 for the rest of my days. Instead, we have here an upgrade, an alternative, and a game that is so good in its own right that it would have done perfectly well without the Worms franchise holding it up.