Worms World Party

by SOLD-OUT SOFTWARE

Product Details

• ASIN: B000C95PJ0
• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,179 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 95/98/ME/XP/VISTA Publisher:  SOLD-OUT SOFTWARE Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX Rating:  EVERYONE You are invited to the ultimate gaming experience. And if you can't make it we'll bring the party to you! Those loveable Worms are back again annihilating each other with zany weapons on wacky landscapes. WORMS WORLD PARTY is the pinnacle of evolution for strategy gaming enthusiasts. With "Worms" already having a reputation for being a party animal there is just no reason not to e.Our DJrms us his record box is just bursting with over 40 single player missions and there are dozens of custom landscapes which can be requested or played at any time. If you're new to the party scene don't worry. Our friendly training section will soon have you dancing with the rest of us.Features: Show your invite to the doorman to gain access to fantastic new game play modes including Wormpot which allows access to over 1000 different game styles. All modes are available offline online or a mixture of both! Mingle with over 20 multiplayer missions: players can now team up with a buddy to tackle co-operative missions where working together is the only way to win. Alternatively check out the petitive missions and fight in specially prepared scenarios which are unlike any match you've ever played before. Single player and multiplayer 2-6 players either around one PC or online. It's a veritable feast with 60 weapons ranging from the relatively calorie-free bazooka to the full-fat concrete donkey. Oh Man! Reviews: Eurogamer by Tom "Mugwum" Bramwell "World Party does the sensible thing you see - it makes additions but it doesn't change anything. This could be viewed as lazy but the additions are 20 much-needed advanced training missions a full 40 single layer missions using exotic backgrounds including tributes to some big games of the past amongst them..." "I'm really fond

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, January 8, 2008

By 

Brenden A. Hartford (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Worms World Party (Video Game)

This game is one of my favorites. This zany, turn-based strategy game in which teams of worms battle each other to the death with weapons like sheep and banana bombs is great for hours of fun. Also, with support for up to 6 players hotseat or over LAN, it is a great party game.

My only problem with the Sold Out software distribution is that for some reason they felt the need to add a Shockwave launcher for the install that bizarrely requires that you set your XP font to "small" or "normal" rather than large. This is silly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good buy, November 2, 2007

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Scott (California) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Worms World Party (Video Game)

This game is cheap and fun. You can play online with people from around the world, even on 56 dial-up. The game came fast, and has the instruction booklet on the disc so you can read it on your computer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars great old game with more issues the newer the computer, January 1, 2010

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PieBandit "Piebandit" - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Worms World Party (Video Game)

Let me start by saying Worms is a fantastic game. For those unaware, the basic premise is you have a team of worms, trying to kill via damage or drowning other teams of worms, using weapons ranging from a shotgun to an exploding sheep, and everything in between.

There's some negative reviews of this game, and they basically fall into two camps.
1) "This game should have been a patch/option pack on worms Armageddon"
probably true, but irrelevant if you don't own Worms Armageddon. Basically, the complaint is that they are the same (fun) game, but if you own one, it's not worth getting the other.
2) technical issues.
I have 2 laptops, one running Vista and one running XP. the game will not run on the Vista one and the XP one has some random glitches - colors inverting, nothing being visible, or data files not found. Let me be clear - as of today, there is no known way to make this game run on an Vista laptop with an Intel graphics card, however, it should run on Vista in general. (info: [...]) I haven't played around with all the compatibility options on my XP machine yet, but it seems that the problems are intermittent, and restarting the game has always solved them. This product on amazon claims it is XP software, and the shrink wrap has a vista compatible sticker on it, but it has intermittent problems for me on the former and complete inoperability on the latter.

Having never heard of Sold-out software before, I was a little leery, but for naught. Their installer is a little annoying to people who know their way around a computer, but helpful to computer novices.

Bottom line: Worms is a classic, just plain fun game. Worms World Party has one of the better selection of weapons in the series. If you run XP, prepare for some odd graphics and sound issues. if you have Vista with an intel accelerated graphics chip, this game will not work for you.