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''Worms World Party'' is a 2001
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. It is the sequel to ''
Worms Armageddon ''Worms Armageddon'' is a 1999 turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Team17. It was originally released for the Microsoft Windows operating system, and was later ported to the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, Dreamcast, N ...
'' in the '' Worms series'' by
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. As with the previous games in the series, players take turns controlling their teams and using available projectiles, firearms, explosives, and equipment to destroy all opposing teams and manoeuvre across a specified and highly destructible map. Although fairly well received upon release, the overall reception of ''Worms World Party'' has subsequently become mixed amongst the ''Worms'' community. Some found it to be an improvement to an already good game, whilst others saw it as being too derivative of its predecessor and not worthwhile for ''Worms Armageddon'' players. ''Worms World Party'' was the last two-dimensional title in the main series before transitioning to 3D graphics, with '' Worms 3D'' as the first fully 3D ''Worms'' title.


Gameplay

Like its predecessors, ''Worms World Party'' is a
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involving controlling a team of worms and using a collection of weaponry to eliminate any opposing teams. The worms can walk and jump around and use tools such as the ninja rope and parachute to move to otherwise unreachable locations. The worms have an arsenal of dozens of weapons, ranging from
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s and from fireball to
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s. There are also an array of special weapons, such as Armageddon (meteor shower) or the infamous Concrete Donkey. Some of these weapons are present in the worms' initial arsenal while others can be collected from randomly appearing crates during the game. For some weapons, such as grenades, holding the launching key longer shoots them further. The landscape can be deformed with any weapon, forcing the players to adapt to changing environments. Also, in addition to the nature-made obstacles, the maps may contain land mines which explode when a worm comes close to one, and barrels which explode when shot, spreading out some burning napalm. These often lead to very technical combinations where, for example, a worm is first hit with a grenade and is then thrown against a mine which sets off another worm, which hits a third worm who slips into the water. The image illustrates a match between three teams of worms in a
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-themed map. Over their heads the worms have their names and
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s. The color of the text indicates the team the worm belongs to. Each team can be customized by the player's will, including the language the worms speak and the
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that is left when a worm dies. The worms can also be drowned, in which case no headstone is left. In the bottom of the screen the remaining time and the wind speed are shown. When the time runs out, the water level starts to raise on each turn, drowning the worms at the lowest points of the map (this is called Sudden Death). The wind speed affects some weapons. Failing to account for it may turn a missile back into the worm who launched it. The player can play against the computer, or can play against people on the same computer or over the Internet or
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supported). The player can set up many options and make maps one can play on prior to battle to tailor the experience. There are also single-player and multiplayer missions available to help refine the player's skills with the various weapons and utilities.


Development

After releasing ''Worms Armageddon'', Team17 had plans to develop a fully three-dimensional iteration of ''Worms'', resulting in the 2003 launch of '' Worms 3D''. ''Worms Armageddon'' was meant to be the final game in the series using two-dimensional visuals, but
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approached the company and asked them to develop an online version for the
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. ''Worms World Party'' is the first ''Worms'' game in which Andy Davidson, the franchise's creator, had no involvement since his departure from Team17 (Davidson later returned to the company in 2012). ''Worms World Party'' was ported to
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on 3 October 2003. There was a port due to launch on the
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platform, but that was ultimately cancelled because of the console's short lifespan.


Worms World Party Remastered

A remaster of the game, ''Worms World Party Remastered'', was released to Steam and
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on July 16, 2015. The game is "remastered in 1080p and at 60fps", with new sound effects.


Reception

Mike Wolf reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for '' Next Generation'', rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "even with the online issues, this is ''Worms'' at its finest – quick, easy, fun worm-blasting action". The Dreamcast, PC, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage versions received "generally favorable reviews" according to the
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. The main complaint in the individual reviews is that ''Worms World Party'' is too similar to ''Worms Armageddon'' with merely incremental improvements. ''World Party''s computer version received a "Silver" sales award from the
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(ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. ''Worms World Party'' was ranked 30, 70, and 94 of ''
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''s top 100 PC games of all time in 2001, 2003, and 2004, respectively. It was voted by about 1.22 million gamers as the second runner-up for the Mobile Game of the Year in the
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2009. ''
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'' retrospectively listed the port for N-Gage versions 1.0 and 2.0 as one of the twenty best games for the gaming phone.


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