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Worms 4: Mayhem Playstation 2 Atari/Codemasters  My first foray into the world of 'Worms' was back on the old PC days, when 'Worms' was a mere platform game with which you could destroy little things with eyeballs with a simple click of the mouse. Things have progressed since those more innocent times and with the release of 'Worms 4: Mayhem' we're promised a whole new realm of Worm-related carnage, with the usual humour and ultra-violence we've come to expect from the franchise. In theory, it's all good. You have a seemingly infinite number of levels spread throughout five themed zones (including Jurassic and Camelot, to name a couple), all with 3D interactive arenas out of which you can explode enormous chunks if you think it'll help you kill the enemy just that little bit better. There's also a wide range of new weapons, a story mode to suck you into playing for longer and so many ways to customise your little Worms that you'll probably spend the first hour and a half deciding which hats they should wear or how to style their beards. Given all of that, it's a damn shame it doesn't all come together quite as planned. Despite the development of wonderful technology that now allow us to play in three dimensional, interactive surroundings that totally immerse us in the game, I find myself actually pining for the simplicity of the good old platform days: steering your Worms around levels becomes increasingly difficult and infuriating, the map is barely enough to help you get your bearings and getting the hang of what-button-does-what becomes more than a little confusing (although I'll concede, that, as it's also available on Xbox and - naturally - PC, perhaps the different consoles would be better suited). And it's not like the 'Worms' universe has a wide variety of different activities to partake in either. You wander around and blow up stuff. That's about it. Then again, maybe it's worth the money just for the pleasure of sniggering with your friends when you call them up and invite them over saying "Hey, come over... yeah man, I got Worms!"  |
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