Worms 2 Screens, Features and More

by Christopher Kirkman · Published June 30, 2009 · Updated

The Worms series of games are the type that have to be played to be fully understood, not to mention can become addicting after your first round. The gun toting little annelids have been around since 16-color PC days. The game has evolved, even if the dirt chewers themselves haven’t and the latest is set to hit Xbox Live tomorrow (July 1st) for a paltry 800 MS points.

Worms 2 has a gaggle of new stuff:

Weapons

Sentry Gun! Defend your position with this deadly guardian.
Electro Magnet! Attract or repel deadly metallic explosives with this unique item.
Bunker Buster! Use this vertical missile to dig out enemy Worms that have snuck away!
Buffalo Of Lies! The Donkey’s nemesis, this Trojan Buffalo will cause havoc!
Super Bunker Buster! Devastating below ground charge!

Features

All new high definition, widescreen artwork based on the original Armageddon artwork.
Reworked audio-visuals throughout, including all new sound-fx.
Fire! Persistent fire eats and burns away the landscape. Hot stuff!
Crazy Crates! Start with basic weapons and shop as you go!
Fort Mode! Start teams on your own bases.
Rope Racing mode.
Massively enhanced & improved game physics & laugh out loud reactions.
Speedier, more direct gameplay.
Speak your mind! Massive variety of comedy voice sets with many all new.
All new crazy achievements.
All new extensive customisation, Worm Hats, voices, graves, dances, colours, forts!
Uses NXE Avatars to reflect game status in game!
All new Single Player adventure combines death matches and puzzles.
Win tokens in the all-new 30 chapter single player campaign to win prizes in the game SHOP, unlock new landscapes, voices, hats and more.
Enhanced CPU AI for more challenging single player games.
Improved online handling, including host migration for network play.
All new leaderboards and leaderboard objectives.

Levels

All new landscapes graphical types modeled on the original Armageddon style. Battle in Medieval England, Cheese Moon, Construction site and more.
130 base landscape styles (compared to just six on original) for diverse play levels.
Vertical Levels! Play on tall, narrow strips or caverns as well as traditional ‘wide’ levels.
Mix combinations of landscape type, style, your own game rules and more to create thousands of possible levels and hundreds, if not thousands of hours of replay value.

Whet your worm’s whistle with the screenshots and a review will be burrow its way to the surface soon.