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[prudislav]

Reveal interview + Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0uq8hbrlbs

The new game from Team 17 is called Worms WMD (acronym for Weapons of Mass Destruction ), plain and simple. With their latest offering the studio is trying to channel the spirit of Worms: Armageddon, with that entry in the long-running series (it's twenty years old now!) identified as a genuine highlight and fan favourite worth drawing from.

tl;dr info:

• full on 2D
• new hand-drawn assets (drawing inspiration from anarchic cartoon characters like Ren & Stimpy)
• heavily influenced by W:A
• classic ninja-rope (8:52 in the video)
• driveable vehicles and turrets added on the map - "We didn't want the vehicles to necessarily be a fore[gone] conclusion, as in, you get into the tank, you've won the game," Carthew explained. "It fires a barrage of shells, it's quite hard to concentrate the tank's fire. There's an element of skill involved. Sometimes it makes more sense to use one of the game's existing weapons, so we're keeping that balance of strategy in the game."
• enterable buildings - "They act like mini-fortresses," the man from Team 17 explained. "So again it's an area of the landscape that I'd say plays to the strategic strengths of the game. If you get inside a building, your worms that are inside the building are hidden from view to everybody outside the building."
• rewritted produral map generatios to work with new artyle

Screens:

http://www.gamereactor.eu/previews/332763/Worms+WMD/

 

[JaseC]

Worms of Mass Destruction would be a better name than Worms: WMD.

Edit: The levels look nice, but I think the worms themselves could use some tweaking.

 

[Rizific]

Can't go wrong with more worms. I'm in.

 

[jambo]

• heavily influenced by W:A
• classic ninja-rope

Sold!

 

[prudislav]

Worms of Mass Destruction would be a better name than Worms: WMD.

well he said WMD is codename for now and means Weapons of Mass Destruction - so possibly final name will change later down the line

 

[desmax]

Full 2D Graphics and Armageddon inspiration are a start.

I never really got into Revolution

 

[Tenebrous]

Sold!

Indeed. Lets do this!

 

[nico1982]

Worms of Mass Destruction would be a better name than Worms: WMD.

I agree.

 

[funkystudent]

"With their latest offering the studio is trying to channel the spirit of Worms: Armageddon"


Haven't they been trying to do that for at least a decade now?

 

[JaseC]

well he said WMD is codename for now and means Weapons of Mass Destruction - so possibly final name will change later down the line

Ah (I watched some of the video, just without sound). If WMD is the internal code name, then it's quite possible Worms of Mass Destruction is the intended name for the game, haha.

 

[diddykong13]

Now this looks like it could be good! Excited to see more

 

[Komo]

"With their latest offering the studio is trying to channel the spirit of Worms: Armageddon"


Haven't they been trying to do that for at least a decade now?

Seems like it. I wonder why they just can't get it right?

I mean, I've enjoyed every Worms game I've played, but Armageddon and Worms 4 Ultimate Mayhem stick out as my favorites in the series.

By the way, the new one's looking great so far!

 

[aravuus]

tl;dr info:

• heavily influenced by W:A

Yeah, this is enough for me. Unless it gets destroyed be reviewers, absolutely day one for me.

 

[Nabs]

- classic ninja-rope

I'll believe it when I see it. There are people who still play W:A for the roping mechanic. I know I go back to it regularly.

- full on 2D
- heavily influenced by W:A

Finally. Lets see if they actually pull through. They are definitely saying the things I want to hear. Oh, and don't charge 25 dollars on launch. Come on.

 

[prudislav]

- classic ninja-rope
I'll believe it when I see it. There are people who still play W:A for the roping mechanic. .

check it in the video (starts at 8:52) - there is lot of gameplay to be seen there while they are talking ;-)

maybe someone will make a gifs out of that ;-)

 

[EBE]

These games always fail to get me excited yet are consistently fun to play, even without major additions. Its so weird.

 

[Woffls]

You had me at "classic ninja rope"

 

[Dagobert Duck]

These games always fail to get me excited yet are consistently fun to play, even without major additions. Its so weird.

Same here, first thought is always "another worms?" and then I play it for hours nonetheless

 

[Jackano]

Looks good! I guess that's a title they had in mind for their Google form port begging survey.

 

[Elija2]

Is water still in? That was one of the few cool mechanics in the newer Worms games.

Either way, the game looks interesting and I really like the art style. I just hope the layouts don't all look similar like they do in the newer Worms games.

 

[michalmarek77]

Worms of Mass Destruction would be a better name than Worms: WMD.

Damn! That title could make me purchase this game Day 1 without any hesitation. It's phenomenal!

 

[ran93r]

They promise to bring back the classic ninja rope every fucking game, it never works out that way. After the abortion that was the WWP "remaster" (and I use that term very loosely) I'm not holding out much hope.

The level art does look nice mind you.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Worms of Mass Destruction would be a better name than Worms: WMD.

My first thought exactly.

Look snice on the pics. Will buy at a good price.

 

[Salsa]

rope better be classic as fuck

 

[Yagharek]

Those pics look clean as fuck.

Cannot wait for this.

 

[orichalcos]

Worms WMD on Xbox One and PC, Worms 4 on mobil devices. I like Team17.

 

[OverBlood 3]

Worms of Mass Destruction would be a better name than Worms: WMD.

I think once you add 'of whatever' it's no longer 'Worms' so the closest thing to that would be Worms: Mass Destruction. To keep the 'WMD' initials.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

you had me at reveaked

 

[Dredd97]

Does this have an exclusivity window?
will get on ps4 when it's released...

 

[stephen08]

Will likely wait for it to hit PS+. Battlegrounds is good fun when it works but it fucks up all the time. What's worse is that it was like that since launch and even to this day it has a bunch of problems. They of course managed to push out some DLC though.

The game is a turnbased 2D game. It should have no networking issues or long load times.

Hopefully this one is better but I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt this time.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Haven't been interested in the Worms series for a very long time now. I tried one on my phone (Armageddon, I think?) and I didn't enjoy it much at all. Maybe I've just grown out of this kind of thing.

you had me at reveaked

A+

 

[Wasp]

Looks a lot better than Battlegrounds and Revolution at least. Going back to hand drawn art is a smart idea.

Tanks seem a bit overpowered but I assume you can turn them off.

One thing I would like to know is if there are any levels which are 100% hand drawn with no procedural generation involved? I always preferred levels designed by a human rather than a computer randomly sticking assets together.

Also the environments look a bit drab and colourless but I'm not sure how many they showed, could've been the same one. Hopefully the game has plenty of more vibrant themes.

 

[storafötter]

Honestly I am just out of the loop for worms games. Which have actually been decent the past 5 years? I might get the new one since it looks pretty.

 

[diggmcbadass]

Maybe this will be the one that make our group switch from Reloaded.

 

[Mr.Pig]

Was there anything wrong with the latest version which had 3d graphics but 2d world gameplay?

 

[diggmcbadass]

Was there anything wrong with the latest version which had 3d graphics but 2d world gameplay?

The ideas were neat, but the 3d engine made the game play somewhat glitchy and slow. Especially in online multiplayer.

 

[MrS]

Hope it eventually comes to PS4 but it looks like quite a coup for XBox. Would buy this day 1 if I could. You can't beat a bit of Worms!

 

[FunkyDealer]

Tell me there's only one type of worm or I'll stick to Armageddon on PS3.

 

[Doomshroom]

Why dont they add physics? FFS i want wood, concrete and glass to behave as it should. Trees and buildings should fall, why cant i destroy the bottom of the tower and have it fall and crush my friends?

This is just the same old worms with some new graphics and weapons.

 

[purpletentacle]

I really, really loathe the look of the worm sprites. It's like all the character has been drained out of them.

Good move returning to 2D tho. Worms never felt right in full 3D.

 

[JoshHood]

I just hope it finally doesn't run like ass. Performance on the last few games has been very disappointing, and I don't normally care about stuff like that.

 

[TheContact]

Looks awesome. Worms Armageddon is still my favorite

 

[TI82]

Looks fun, vehicles seem pointless.

 

[Santar]

Why dont they add physics? FFS i want wood, concrete and glass to behave as it should. Trees and buildings should fall, why cant i destroy the bottom of the tower and have it fall and crush my friends?

This is just the same old worms with some new graphics and weapons.

I've been asking for this forever.
It's basically been the same game since Worms 2.

 

[shandy706]

That artwork had me, a more classic style worms is also a huge plus.

Happy to see this.

 

[Shuggananas]

"classic ninja rope"

Not sure about em tanks

 

[KeRaSh]

Love the way it looks. Not sure what to think about the buildings mechanic but definitely not a fan of vehicles. Also, the physics still seem off compared to the WOAT which obviously is Worms World Party. It's a step in the right direction, though.

 

[woopWOOP]

Worms look less cute now
Tanks and enterable building sound really interesting to me tho

 

[Joey Ravn]

The 3D and 2.5D stuff never clicked with me. Armaggedon (and, to a extent, World Party) is still the best, if you ask me.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Another first on X1 game from T17.

What's the deal here? They signed a multiple game deal with MS?