Is that going to be in Revolution? I'm very interested, but damn has it been a long time since Armageddon.Armageddon was also actually missing half the game. You haven't seen the complete vision of Worms yet, trust me
Yes. When backed into a corner with no good weapons, fortifying was fun.
Worms on the PS1, Worms 2 and Armageddon on the PC, were the games I've played 4 player with cousins and friends. While we were still young we preferred to team up with each other and beat the computer team first, then have a fortifying match. When worms 2 and Armageddon came out we liked to play with "Full Wormage" on and just enjoy throwing Banana Bombs and Holy Grenades at CPUs without any competitive element
Only when I grew older I began to learn how to use the Bazooka and Grenade and play more competitively...
Shall see how this goes
I totally understand the cynicism, and also the frustration that has built up over the years. Trust me, I've felt a lot of it myself! On the one hand it's been nice that my game is still being enjoyed by people this long after I created it. It was after all never meant to be published and just for me and my mates to avoid school work, so it was designed to never end, not get boring, to not repeat. And you have to remember new people are still discovering the game.
But on the other hand for people who discovered it at the start, what happened with the game isn't the way I would have personally handled it. Which is why I walked away in 98 after Armageddon, one of the hardest things I've ever had to do but I could see where things were going. And that wasn't what I wanted for my baby as it were.
Fast forward to 2012 and where are we now then? Well I've seen the new game, and I've been up there, and the name Revolution reflects more than just the new engine. A lot has changed at Team17 recently, not just being self-published, there's a focus back on creativity and a nice mix of old and new people there now who really care about Worms, and games in general. Revolution is being polished to the nth degree, nice touches everywhere and a bit more twisted sense of style and humour like the original Worms. It's hard to get across how good that engine looks in a short video by the way, it really is good and very refreshing which the game needs after all this time.
There's another announcement to come which will fill in some more details, and they'll be more details about the game as time goes on as well, but the people at Team17 at the moment know the importance of this title, as well as the mistakes of the past, and this is why I'm supportive of it.
This isn't a lazy Worms game, or the same Team17, and going forward I'm happy to support that as the industry really needs independent studios that foster creativity, risk taking, and people who just love games. I love games, and so did the people I saw again and the new ones I met this week.
Sorry for the long post, but just wanted to give NeoGAF a bigger picture as I've always respected and valued the opinions of people on here. And I did promise to keep you all updated on things
That's cool to read, as I was talking about it this week up at Team17.
Worms was designed to be enjoyable even if you didn't play it correctly. I wanted to create like a digital playground, with the tools to just have fun. The game working on whatever level of involvement the player chooses to indulge in. Games can have multiple levels of depth all existing simultaneously, and that's how you give a game the longest life possible as well as appeal to as many people as possible. I wanted even people who didn't play games to enjoy Worms, and I wanted my mates who played them to death to sometimes be beaten by the person who never did so they would get the piss taken out of them. And the one who won feel good about it. It was all about the banter
Worms was always about being a social game, something that can be played incredibly strategically if you wanted to but also didn't take itself too seriously. As I've said before, I'm firmly in the games are toys camp, to be enjoyed, to have fun with. You provide the deepest, best toy possible and leave it up to the player to find their favourite way of playing with it.
Glad you found that with Worms, and cheers for posting!
Yep, Worms is my baby and very proud of it I am
It looks surprisingly good. I'm also happy to finally see some new items/weapons.
It has only regressed after Armageddon.
I'm holding you to your word. I used to love Worms, starting with the first one on the playstation, but the series has become staler than stale since Armageddon.The game looks and feels fresh again, and it needed that after all this time.
I wouldn't be back if it didn't
Yep, Worms is my baby and very proud of it I am
I love hearing things like this, because in my head it is still the little game I made for me and my mates when I should have been doing more serious things like trying to get into Uni. It's the best feeling in the world knowing you've made something that has touched so many other people's lives, and that they've had the same amount of fun playing it as I had creating it.
I just wanted to make the game I wanted to play, something we could play for hours and hours without getting bored and which didn't take itself too seriously whilst still having the depth to last a long time.
