Worms 2: Armageddon
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| Developer(s) | Team 17[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Team 17[1] |
| Series | Worms |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 (XBLA), PlayStation 3 (PSN), iPhone/iPod Touch (iTunes) |
| Release date(s) | Xbox 360 July 1, 2009 PlayStation3 |
| Genre(s) | Wargame[1] Artillery game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
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| Media/distribution | Download |
Worms 2: Armageddon is an artillery game/turn-based strategy game developed by Team 17 and part of the Worms series,[2] released on July 1, 2009 on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points.[3] An expanded version of this game titled Worms: Reloaded was released for the PC on August 26, 2010. It was released for PlayStation 3 on September 8, 2010 for Europe, and September 13, 2010 for North America.
It is the sequel to the game Worms on XBLA & PSN, released in 2007. The sequel has several new features and modes, as well as popular returning weapons from past games in the Worms series. It also has an all new single player campaign mode with 35 missions.
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[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Single Player Modes
- Single player campaign with 30 missions, of progressing difficulty, and 5 extra missions, which can be bought from the shop.
- Training mode which includes tutorials on aiming weapons and navigating the players Worm around levels. Also includes firing ranges wherein all weapons are available to the player for aiming practice, and can freely spawn enemy worms or targets on the level to fire upon.
[edit] Multiplayer
- 6 game styles are available for Xbox LIVE/PlayStation Network and Local Multiplayer matches: Beginner, Standard, Pro, Fort, Rope Racing and Crazy Crates, with Rope Racing only being playable in player and private matches.
- Ranked matches can only be played with 2 players, where as player and private matches support 4 players.
- Local Match that supports 4 player offline players.
[edit] Weapons
The game has included 6 new weapons and utilities including the bunker buster, lightning strike, electro magnet, emergency teleporter, the poison strike and the super bunker buster.
[edit] Shop
The shop has items such as new hats, gravestones, landscapes, weapons and missions can be bought with gold earned from completing single player campaign missions.
[edit] Updates
On the Xbox 360, an update was released in July 2010 for 800 Microsoft points called "Worms 2: Armageddon Battlepack". It features 6 new weapons, 10 new forts, 30 all new single-player deathmatches and body count mode, new game styles and landscapes.The battlepack is also on the PS3. An error occurred with the PS3 version of the battlepack, reducing the amount of landscapes from the map pack severely but this error has been addressed and fixed. The battle pack was released on the App Store on 29th November 2010.
[edit] Exclusive PS3 Content
The PlayStation 3 version has exclusive hats for Worms to wear in the game, they include a MotorStorm helmet, a Helghast Mask (from Killzone), a Sackboy, a Lemming and a Buzz wig.
[edit] Exclusive iOS Content
The iPhone/iPad version also has platform-specific Worm hats, all themed around Angry Birds. The red bird, yellow bird, black bird, white bird, mustache pig and king pig make up the hats.
[edit] Reception
The critics' reaction to the game has been generally positive. As of August 17, 2010, it has a rating of 84% on Metacritic, based on twenty three reviews.[4] IGN gave it a score of 8.5/10, concluding: "This is one of the most fun multiplayer games around, and now the single-player campaign provides a satisfying experience, as well."[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Worms 2: Armageddon Tech Info Gamespot
- ^ http://kotaku.com/5294187/worms-2-armageddon-trailer-full-of-armageddonness
- ^ http://kotaku.com/5302229/worms-2-armageddon-crawls-to--live-arcade-next-week
- ^ Worms 2: Armageddon at Metacritic.
- ^ Worms 2: Armageddon Review at IGN. 1 July 2009. Retrieved on 6 July 2009.
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