Worms Blast

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Summary: blasted worms game
Review: At first glance, Worms Blast didn't seem all that exciting. I found it slow, uninspired, and lackluster. It's just a spin-off of Bust-a-Move (sometimes known as Puzzle Bobble), but involves a little more carnage for good measure. Note, this is NOT a traditional worms game. And that's fine by me. I like puzzle games, and once I was able to get over the game's shortcomings (mainly, limited customization and slow controls), I found myself sucked into its delightfulness. The one-player mode is fairly lengthy, but puzzles get very hard very fast. Not so cool. But for two players, Worms Blast delivers the goods.

All in all, the game's a far stretch from perfect, and a long deviation from traditional Worms play. But for those who like puzzle games, and have someone to play it with, Worms Blast comes at a good purchase.... but only for a LOW price.

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Summary: Not like any other Worms games
Review: Its is nothing like the other worm games. It has puzzels like you have a gun and it changes color and what color the gun is the color you have to shoot at. So if you were going to buy this because you thought you had to kill the other worms. Well then dont buy it because it's nothing like that.

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Summary: Big Dissapointment
Review: This game is nothing like any of the previous worms games. It was simply a big dissapointment and not worth the money.

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Summary: it's a blast!
Review: this game is so fun! once you start, you can never stop! it's SOOOO FUN!!!

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Summary: Worms Blast -- Entertainmentopia/ESCMAG Review
Review: Worms Blast could have any other name on the box and it would be the same game. Aside from the familiar cast of characters that we have seen through the entire Worms saga, there is nothing to relate this game with the series that bares the name. While it is commendable that Team17 is trying something new with its classic characters, those looking for the traditional Worms experience will be sorely disappointed.

Worms Blast can't help but be compared to Taito's Bust-A-Move series of games that has inspired so many "me-too" and copy-cat games over the last decade. In Blast you are to destroy colored blocks that reside next to each other on the screen. You control your favorite Worm character in a raft with a row and are given the task at destroying the colored blocks within the time limit. Along the way you will be tossed stars that lower the water level, rainbow blocks that will change to reflect the color destroyed around them and poison blocks that are essentially dead, not to mention the pink bouncy blocks.

While the series is known for its turn based strategy elements, you won't find too much of that here because it is really a puzzle game where geometry and power come into play more than strategy and planning five moves ahead. The game itself throws you into the main puzzle mode that has you floating from island to island on a world map taking different tasks at destroying the colored blocks. The catch is that you have to destroy the color that is appearing around your gun at the bottom of the screen. If you miss everything, a refrigerator, safe, or other heavy blunt object will pummel you on the head, hit the wrong color block and those affected turn into the color you thought they were and you are given the next color to hit. Having something dropped on your head won't only bring down your personal self-esteem, but your character's life as well.

When you have just one color left and you keep getting colors on your gun that you have already destroyed it becomes somewhat frustrating. So you can sit back and wait for that color to come by admiring the colorful, cartoon backgrounds that surround you. Those familiar with the series will recognize the significant style that perforates in every one of the Worms games, this one is no exception. The menu system was easy to make your way through and very well designed. The music is cheery and colorful and keeps you in the mood for some puzzle action.

You are given a few different choices on how to play. You can go through the afore mentioned Puzzle Mode, which is the bulk of the game, you can play through select mini-games like shooting targets or the standard block destructor, or you can play the split screen mode with either another human opponent or against the computer. More than likely the puzzle and versus mode against another human will take up a majority of your time.

Even with everything described above, the colorful backgrounds, the different play modes, and the Worms name on the box, Worms Blast just isn't that fun, it is very hard to describe, but once you actually get into the game and see that it isn't the Worms that you are used to you become disenchanted with the whole game, and the standard Bust-A-Move like gameplay doesn't help to bring you out of that feeling. Knowing that this is a Worms game from the development team that has stole so many hours of our lives make it extremely hard to say the game isn't very fun, but it is true.

I think it is nice to see developers, and publishers, trying to bring characters into different games, but this one just seem like the Worms name was added to capitalize on the franchise and hopefully drive in a few more sales. I must say that seeing our favorite Worms in 3D for the first time was a great experience, but if they were replaced with a cast of badgers it would still be the same game and the same experience. Worms Blast stands as an OK puzzle game in its own right, because of the Bust-A-Move influence, but as a game in the Worms series, it is mediocre at best when you look at it's predecessors. I can only hope that Team17 returns the game to the turn based strategy roots and I can get my ninja-rope action on once again.