Worms of War

Have you played Worms before?

I don't mean playing with the sluggy slippery-skinned worms you can find at your lawn or under some damp soil...

The Worms I meant are some brave fictional hardcore 'worm soldiers' who fight using weapons of mass destruction.

See what I mean?

Introducing a few of the really classic and best interactive-well known games ever made(developer- Team 17)-- the Worms Games.

The first Worms game(Worms PC) was released worldwide in 1995 when the best computer graphics can only support 2D games. The worms in Worms PC are seriously quite mature looking and seemed always ready for some heart-pounding session of gunfire shooting and grenades exploding right beside their ears. The weapons available in the game is of course, I reckoned, much lesser than its coming successors. Worms PC is really just the starting and pioneer for the future Worms Legacy that will catch every one's attention, young and old.

Worms PC(1995)

The list below shows the subsequent releases(after Worms PC):...As it grew(till Worms Blast), the graphics became better and better(in the sense that it became more 3D like but not yet). Not to mention, the sound and music became more intense and created a World War II like ambient. Not to forget, the worms definitely got cuter and cuter.(Warning: you would probably change your mind on this(cuteness) after hearing what your 'cute little' enemy worms could say and seeing your own worm soldiers brutally killed by them).

Do you see how cute and 'innocent looking' this worm is?(well, think again)

1) Worms Reinforcements
2) Worms United
3) Worms 2
4) Worms Pinball
5) Worms Armageddon
6) Worms World Party (Focus)
7) Worms Blast

After nearly a decade, Worms 3D was released. The game was the first in the series to be in 3D and also featured several new weapons. Some of the weapons operations are substantially different from previous Worms titles. I must admit that the game really caught my attention when I first played it. Rather than just walking right and left(in the early series), the worms in Worms 3D can move anywhere they want until you end your turn. The ingame landscapes(battlefields) are quite vast and owning. Using weapons like the rocket launcher and grenades, you can blow the world around you to pieces or leave it untouched (but i doubt it).

Worms Forts: Under Siege and Worms 4: Mayhem were released in the later years. Worms Forts and Worms 4 are quite similar to that of Worms 3D, except the number and theme of the battlefields that came with it. The campaign levels are also pretty challenging and mind bogging.

One of the extraordinary weapons featured in Worm Games is the 'supersheep'. It can fly about and somehow 'tear' its own mantle off when you want it to drop on a targeted zone. It is really useful and destructive if controled properly.

Supersheep: Don't be deceived by its looks

Other weapons are such as the renown 'Banana Bomb' and the 'Holy Grenade'. They are indeed powerful and could blast your enemy worm off the ground, throwing it high up the sky--and down into the sea(depending on the world played).

After playing most of the Worms games, I must say that the older Worms games are slightly better. It is much easier to play and control. Moreover, the landscapes available are much easier to monitor and managed(not too complicated) and the worms are more ingenious looking. The 2D version of Worms games are certainly addictive and have the potential to keep their players playing. Frankly speaking, I favor Worms Armageddon a lot.

In all, the Worms games are great in their own ways and I'm sure that these games can keep family members entertained during their free time playing it together.