DraQ
Arcane
It's not like W1 graphics weren't cartoony.
It's simply that from W2 onwards it was overdone and made the game look less dynamic and, well, right.
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In Progress AAR: Worms Reloaded
- Thread starter Urist McLurker
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It's simply that from W2 onwards it was overdone and made the game look less dynamic and, well, right.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Found my manual for Worms Armageddon. Got 1998 as the year on the back.
Reading the Introduction, first line.
"Worms Armageddon is the final chapter of the phenomenally successful WORMS series."
Since then, there's been like, 13 more Worms games to the series, not counting shit like Worms blast, of which there's like 6 more.
My game deleted all profiles for some bloody reason so I've been playing through all the levels for a third time, expect the next update in five-sixish hours.
Whether or not they should have taken that direction is another thing.
Reading the Introduction, first line.
"Worms Armageddon is the final chapter of the phenomenally successful WORMS series."
Since then, there's been like, 13 more Worms games to the series, not counting shit like Worms blast, of which there's like 6 more.
My game deleted all profiles for some bloody reason so I've been playing through all the levels for a third time, expect the next update in five-sixish hours.
Fair point. I do think the games would be better in looks if they stayed with the original art style rather than changed it, I simply don't mind the graphics, and with the direction they took the series, the more cartoony graphics do help I feel.DraQ said:
Whether or not they should have taken that direction is another thing.
Urist McLurker
Learned
The changes made to the teams/squads etc. Sorry if any of the names are wrong, yet again I use the excuse of my memory is poor and I cannot copy and paste them.
A very tall map, our Squad starts at the bottom,and their shitty team starts above us, there's six of them, I think.
Motherfuckers 
Incline fails to send mixer onto the mine
And fails to kill Concrete.
Digger progrenades Incline.
Oh come on. Catch him you bastards. CATCH HIM!
Incline McEpic, you failed hopelessly.
JCaskedforthis, you gotta take on six worms by yourlomesome self. A good start!
Uh, camera? Hello? Still jetpacking?
...
?!?!
Game just trolled my ass
Diversity Squad in last place; I think that's the first time apart from when we've started out in last place, that we've been last.
Difficulty.
LOOK AT THAT TRAIL. LOOK AT IT.
It looks like JC is sure as fuck getting the beating he asked for. One kill, one death, and we've got 69hp to finish off 5 worms.
It looks like we're fucked.
Two shotgun shots to kill two guys? If you were Dexter, you would have killed three with one shot already.
of Diversity.
That was outstandingly bad. Maybe because the AI has been pretty awesome otherwise that this shit looks really bad.
JC flies up there(Using one more bloody jetpack than he ought have to do so...) and grenades his ass.
Better safe than sorry, eh JCaskedforthis.
Cowardly git.
Wait..he's jumping..into fire?
He uh, did break a leg. Well done random catchphrase machine.
Again, what the fuck.
JCaskedforthis used a homing rocket to hit digger, and Digger returns fire with a bazooka.
"Enough
is enough!
I have had it with these
motherfucking worms
on this motherfucking map!"
Two can play at the pro game. Perhaps JCaskedforthis isn't such a failure.
Speaking of failure. What happend AI? You were being so pro and now you just..suck.
JCaskedforthis parachutes down, and pulls a'nodua grenade
Huh, did 13 damage to himself, the damage needed to be done to kill Mixer..
Six kills for JCaskedforthis, and Incline McEpic jinxed himself with his name.
Another puzzle, and it's time for the
Basic puzzle but still pretty neato.
Here's what we have to use.
A SUPER SHEEP, IT'S A SHEEP. THAT FLIES.
And girders.
Jack JR puts his brain into overdrive and plants a girder down.
That super sheep. Looks fucking stupid. Look at that thing, that's pathetic.
I'm sort of rushing through this one because I feel as if these puzzles are pretty decline overall.
I like how the puzzle tempts stupid people to aim the super sheep directly at him to kill him, which clearly wouldn't have worked. The girders were needed this time though, pretty linear.
AstralStorm
Educated
Ha, this game actively hates any attempts at Incline. AI is toggling between pro and horrible all the time...
:declining:
:declining:
dextermorgan
Arcane
Pro grenade throw, well done.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Edited this post to put the images within spoilers due to how many are going to be on this page.
Sounds interesting..Jack Jr takes a quick look at his map of the area to start off
So, 2 against 7.
For a worms game that's lowered the size of the teams to 4, they really do like using more than 4 enemies and less than 4 of us.
3 bunker busters in the armoury so..
We've had..no success with these things.
We've still had no success with these things. But now we know it explodes on contact.
That thought bubble. Let's see what comes of it.
AI, AI never changes. It hits the barrel and kills Pounder instantly.
Following in McArthur Rudolph Jr.'s footsteps, Wernher von Braunhere opts for a bunker buster too.
I might as well be on Kerbal Space Program
Why's the AI picking on the mine? It was only mine-ding it's own business.
...
Booooo.
Oh wait, hello Nail Gun, that's a very lovely mine you have directly under you, the genius cogs in McJack JR start spinning
Another bunker buster is used and...
Oh come on!
The AI really, really doesn't like mines and oil drums.
Five turns until the Air strike is ready..
Not quite a tentacle monster yet, but it's getting there.
..Is that bucket full of the worm version of catnip or something?
I can just picture the AI high-fiving itself 'Another fucking oil drum down, we're rocking this shit now'
McJack JR. decided to teleport into the middle of the clew of worms like a madfuck. You could say he was tripping.
Brick's shot a gotgun and goes to town, damaging his fellow worms by doing so.
15 to allies, 50 to enemies. A net gain for brick.
Buffalo of Lies away!
Fuck.
...JCaskedforthis is back on form.
Nail Gun walks all the way here.
Note the time he has left
McJack JR.'s turn
Jack JR plants a dynamite(which you can barely see)
And we have lift off..
Driller has one turn to do 125 damage or else he will die.
He thought hard and long about how to do it, clearly he could not push JCaskedforthis into the water..Too far.. too many things in the way.
He's got death on his mind, and it sure as hell ain't his.
Even JCaskedforthis is laughing his head off.
Stellar 'pro'formance wins the day.
1 kill to JCaskedforthis and 5 kills for McJack JR.
Sounds interesting..Jack Jr takes a quick look at his map of the area to start off
So, 2 against 7.
For a worms game that's lowered the size of the teams to 4, they really do like using more than 4 enemies and less than 4 of us.
3 bunker busters in the armoury so..
We've had..no success with these things.
We've still had no success with these things. But now we know it explodes on contact.
That thought bubble.
Let's see what comes of it.
AI, AI never changes. It hits the barrel and kills Pounder instantly.
Following in McArthur Rudolph Jr.'s footsteps, Wernher von Braunhere opts for a bunker buster too.
I might as well be on Kerbal Space Program
Why's the AI picking on the mine? It was only mine-ding it's own business.
...
Booooo.
Oh wait, hello Nail Gun, that's a very lovely mine you have directly under you, the genius cogs in McJack JR start spinning
Another bunker buster is used and...
Oh come on!
The AI really, really doesn't like mines and oil drums.
Five turns until the Air strike is ready..
Not quite a tentacle monster yet, but it's getting there.
..Is that bucket full of the worm version of catnip or something?
I can just picture the AI high-fiving itself 'Another fucking oil drum down, we're rocking this shit now'
McJack JR. decided to teleport into the middle of the clew of worms like a madfuck. You could say he was tripping.
Brick's shot a gotgun and goes to town, damaging his fellow worms by doing so.
15 to allies, 50 to enemies. A net gain for brick.
Buffalo of Lies away!
Fuck.
...JCaskedforthis is back on form.
Nail Gun walks all the way here.
Note the time he has left
McJack JR.'s turn
Jack JR plants a dynamite(which you can barely see)
And we have lift off..
Driller has one turn to do 125 damage or else he will die.
He thought hard and long about how to do it, clearly he could not push JCaskedforthis into the water..Too far.. too many things in the way.
He's got death on his mind, and it sure as hell ain't his.
Even JCaskedforthis is laughing his head off.
Stellar 'pro'formance wins the day.
1 kill to JCaskedforthis and 5 kills for McJack JR.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Same as the last update.
Our squad has landed on what appears to be the main camp of the enemy worms (Purist McKodex pulled the short straw and has to wait in the spaceship)
Mc Jack JR. He's got a burning desire to honour his legacy, there's only one thing to do.
A plan, it'sa hatching.
Fucking Oil drums. Don't you just hate those bloody things..
Prime targets for JCaskedforthis it seems. Again, against all logic, there's only one weapon to use.
Come on. This has to work at least once.
At this point I'm only disappointed in the team, not the weapon.
Okay. Seriously. This is mission 27? 26? And the AI is still hitting their own worms.
Time to finish them off with a homing missile, but uh, it won't get through that gap. GO JACK JR GO!
RUN FOREST RUN
LOCK MADE, COME ON JACK JR COME ON
Oh shit
AI squad is still hitting their own worms.
Fixed
AI gonna AI. Although they only took 6 seconds to do it.
I know I've said it before but that fucking thing looks so goddamn stupid.
FIRST BLOOD!
Grumbly! Look at him, the smug little shit.
... laugh it up fuzzball.
That's right.
Haha, skipping a go. What failures. Speaking of...
Ereburist decides it's time to another skip a go.
Why get out of your shelter when they'll kill eachother for you? Ain't no rush baby.
Time to finish Edam off.
THE BEST WEAPON. As you may have noticed, this match is being played very differently.
Rather like that famous battle of Urist McJack, this is a fight that cannot be won without tactics.
In the last match, the AI bunched together, or at least, went very near eachother. Our worms are a learning animals, the right placement will ensure the right responses from the AI.
Some times it's a waiting game, but it looks like Rat Bait is next on the 'AI killing themselves' list.
First, however, time to finish off Holes.
Come on JCaskedforthis, it's a difficult shot, sure, but you don't suck so bad that you can't pull it off right?
Perfect. JCaskedforthis deserves a medal.
He missed?
Nope. Doesn't look like it to me.
it's a cluster bomb for a reason.
Pro'd.
Three kills so far, all JCaskedforthis, and par from failure firing into theirselves, no damage taken to the squad.
of Diversity Squad
of the AI, however.
But it's given, hopefully, the perfect shot for Ereburist McZilch
The plan is very simple, the airstrike knocks Cheddar onto Cream, pushes mouldy towards them both, and chips the mine into the middle of the three.
Simple, right?
So far so good.
the fuck the blast of the other rockets knocked one off course! Look at the trails, goddamn who knew that could happen.
Nice view of the battlefield mind.
And a kill was gotten out of it.
Awesome plan still in motion.
IT WORKED! MCJACK JR. YOU'RE A GENIUS!
JCaskedforthis ventures out to nail Krafty.
Or to defile the graves of enemy worms. One or the other.
Poor JCaskedforthis, this is what happens when you fuck up your shot.
Ereburist McZilch goes to save JCaskedforthis' life.
An Electromagnet ought keep them safe.
The AI goes derp and skips their go due to awesome defence, and McJack JR. tries to break free and fails.
HE'S GOT A SHOTGUN
JCaskedforthis is pissed and it's serious.
Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade!
Poor, poor fuck.
Time to run, well, fly, like fuck eh JCaskedforthis?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DIDN'T DIE!? THAT WAS YOUR FINAL BREATH TO THE WORLD BEFORE YOU DIE JCASKEDFORTHIS AND YOU FUCKED IT UP!
JCaskedforthis. You shall be missed. Sort of.
!
HE'S BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE BY THE GODS! COME, EREBURIST, SAVE HIM!
YOU CAN SAVE HIM, NEVER LEAVE A WORM BEHIND!
Oh.
I know that feel Ereburist, I know that feel.
!!
HE'S BEEN GIVEN A THIRD CHANCE BY THE GODS!!! COME ON MCJACK JR. YOU CAN SAVE HIM!
Oh whatever.
JCaskedforthis, you served us decently.
How that bastard survived the holy hand grenade, that, that I don't know..
Dynamite to the face deals with Edam, another kill for Ereburist.
STOP TRYING TO HIT ME AND HIT ME!
McJack JR flies over to deal with creamy, and if he's very krafty he can cream krafty at the same time.
Oh.
Oh for fuck sakes.
Stop it, stop sucking so much.
No jetpacks left, this is a job for the ninja rope...
Not far enough to make it to the platform without taking fall damage again..
And back we go so the next swing will make it.
Ol' Faithful is pulled out
Two difficult shots, Ereburist wasn't at the right place to aim 'em.
Smug bastard.
Tempting fate, you've only got 3 damn hp.
That's it, aim for the wall next to Ereburist rather than McJack JR. who might be drowned in a fall.
That be a petrol bomb there. A Molotov cocktail. Death for Krafty.
Only lost one worm, and took about 30 damage from the AI. Not a bad match. Rather long update though. 100images or so.
6 worms left, about 7 missions to go.
I'm sure we'll die horribly.
Our squad has landed on what appears to be the main camp of the enemy worms (Purist McKodex pulled the short straw and has to wait in the spaceship)
Mc Jack JR. He's got a burning desire to honour his legacy, there's only one thing to do.
A plan, it'sa hatching.
Fucking Oil drums. Don't you just hate those bloody things..
Prime targets for JCaskedforthis it seems. Again, against all logic, there's only one weapon to use.
Come on. This has to work at least once.
At this point I'm only disappointed in the team, not the weapon.
Okay. Seriously. This is mission 27? 26? And the AI is still hitting their own worms.
Time to finish them off with a homing missile, but uh, it won't get through that gap. GO JACK JR GO!
RUN FOREST RUN
LOCK MADE, COME ON JACK JR COME ON
Oh shit
Okay. Seriously. This is mission 27? 26? And theUrist McLurker said:
Fixed
AI gonna AI. Although they only took 6 seconds to do it.
I know I've said it before but that fucking thing looks so goddamn stupid.
FIRST BLOOD!
Grumbly! Look at him, the smug little shit.
... laugh it up fuzzball.
That's right.
Haha, skipping a go. What failures. Speaking of...
Why get out of your shelter when they'll kill eachother for you? Ain't no rush baby.
Time to finish Edam off.
THE BEST WEAPON. As you may have noticed, this match is being played very differently.
Rather like that famous battle of Urist McJack, this is a fight that cannot be won without tactics.
In the last match, the AI bunched together, or at least, went very near eachother. Our worms are a learning animals, the right placement will ensure the right responses from the AI.
Some times it's a waiting game, but it looks like Rat Bait is next on the 'AI killing themselves' list.
First, however, time to finish off Holes.
Come on JCaskedforthis, it's a difficult shot, sure, but you don't suck so bad that you can't pull it off right?
Perfect. JCaskedforthis deserves a medal.
He missed?
Nope. Doesn't look like it to me.
it's a cluster bomb for a reason.
Pro'd.
Three kills so far, all JCaskedforthis, and par from failure firing into theirselves, no damage taken to the squad.
of Diversity Squad
of the AI, however.
But it's given, hopefully, the perfect shot for Ereburist McZilch
The plan is very simple, the airstrike knocks Cheddar onto Cream, pushes mouldy towards them both, and chips the mine into the middle of the three.
Simple, right?
So far so good.
the fuck the blast of the other rockets knocked one off course! Look at the trails, goddamn who knew that could happen.
Nice view of the battlefield mind.
And a kill was gotten out of it.
Awesome plan still in motion.
IT WORKED! MCJACK JR. YOU'RE A GENIUS!
JCaskedforthis ventures out to nail Krafty.
Or to defile the graves of enemy worms. One or the other.
Poor JCaskedforthis, this is what happens when you fuck up your shot.
Ereburist McZilch goes to save JCaskedforthis' life.
An Electromagnet ought keep them safe.
The AI goes derp and skips their go due to awesome defence, and McJack JR. tries to break free and fails.
HE'S GOT A SHOTGUN
JCaskedforthis is pissed and it's serious.
Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade!
Poor, poor fuck.
Time to run, well, fly, like fuck eh JCaskedforthis?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DIDN'T DIE!? THAT WAS YOUR FINAL BREATH TO THE WORLD BEFORE YOU DIE JCASKEDFORTHIS AND YOU FUCKED IT UP!
JCaskedforthis. You shall be missed. Sort of.
!
HE'S BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE BY THE GODS! COME, EREBURIST, SAVE HIM!
YOU CAN SAVE HIM, NEVER LEAVE A WORM BEHIND!
Oh.
I know that feel Ereburist, I know that feel.
!!
HE'S BEEN GIVEN A THIRD CHANCE BY THE GODS!!! COME ON MCJACK JR. YOU CAN SAVE HIM!
Oh whatever.
JCaskedforthis, you served us decently.
How that bastard survived the holy hand grenade, that, that I don't know..
Dynamite to the face deals with Edam, another kill for Ereburist.
STOP TRYING TO HIT ME AND HIT ME!
McJack JR flies over to deal with creamy, and if he's very krafty he can cream krafty at the same time.
Oh.
Oh for fuck sakes.
Stop it, stop sucking so much.
No jetpacks left, this is a job for the ninja rope...
Not far enough to make it to the platform without taking fall damage again..
And back we go so the next swing will make it.
Ol' Faithful is pulled out
Two difficult shots, Ereburist wasn't at the right place to aim 'em.
Smug bastard.
Tempting fate, you've only got 3 damn hp.
That's it, aim for the wall next to Ereburist rather than McJack JR. who might be drowned in a fall.
That be a petrol bomb there. A Molotov cocktail. Death for Krafty.
Only lost one worm, and took about 30 damage from the AI. Not a bad match. Rather long update though. 100images or so.
6 worms left, about 7 missions to go.
I'm sure we'll die horribly.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Projectile weapons that are made from metal, I'm assuming that gun weapons don't count as projectile, which covers things you can see on the map as they move, the shotgun is instant hit after firing, no flight time.
Cluster bomb, bazooka, grenade, holy hand grenade, airstrike, armageddon, mine, the bunker buster, and maybe homing missile? I'm not sure about the last one because you target it, then it flies to the target, so it might just bounce off the magnet, then go towards the magnet again to reach its target thereby breaking the game or something.I think metal objects on the map also count, like sentry guns, other magnets(?) and the mines.
Cluster bomb, bazooka, grenade, holy hand grenade, airstrike, armageddon, mine, the bunker buster, and maybe homing missile? I'm not sure about the last one because you target it, then it flies to the target, so it might just bounce off the magnet, then go towards the magnet again to reach its target thereby breaking the game or something.I think metal objects on the map also count, like sentry guns, other magnets(?) and the mines.
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Urist McLurker
Learned
You know the drill. Gettit? 'cause the update..has the pneumatic..drill in it.
..
Egads, a puzzle that appears difficult? Can't be.
McJack pulls out his big drill and...
Jumps! And yes, I have removed our hats, we need not crazy voodoo hats to bring us victory.
The drill negates any fall damage, and you can jump further with it if you time your jump right, but who the fuck would waste one turn on doing one jump, I have no idea.
A perfect landing.
Herp, I wonder what I do with that.
Actually.. I think stinky isn't on..I think stinky has gone off.
The crate gives us an electromagnet, which seems to imply the AI can actually do something against us.
Better safe than sorry.
AI skips another go and McJack puts a girder up.
Another go skipped and McJack gets the last crate/toolbox/thing and gets a ninja rope which is promptly used.
Huuzah.
Well that was completely interesting.
Look at that map. All of those worms on a map like this and we've only got two worms? Awesome. It suddenly got interesting.
I think that's 10 enemy worms. 2 against 10? I like those odds.
Alright, here's the armoury. Banana bombs, buffalos of lies, and an electromagnet? Groovy.
Better safe than sorry. RIGHT?!
Oh christ it's already started.
Did he mean to do that so he'd explode ontop of McJack to damage him? Hmm..
Oh, 11 worms. It was 2 against 11? *recounts* Nah 12. 2 against 12. Awesome, mind you they've already managed to kill one of their worms our ...Not sure if incline.
Pro shot from Vlad.
Messes up the second shot though.
Mouldy Grenades' him and Vlad is dead.
Well shit. At least he got a kill before dying, better than a lot of the other worms can say, huh?
Goddamn these.. bunker busters...they're evil. They promise so much and give so little.
Woah, they manage to damage him with a grenade. 8 fuckin' damage, we're doomed.
Ahaha, time to pro this shit up.
: x Oh god bloody damn it. Air support, the squad's weakpoint.
I think the magnet turned off. I did not know it could do that.
Haha, the perfect sniper point for a uzi. I'm sure they won't get a goddamn grenade through that tiny hole.
Then McJack hits the magnet and it blows up in his face.
Classy.
Then he gets bazooka'd in the face.
I think it's time to run away.
I'm trying to wrap my head around this. It's. Why? If you're going to make the AI fail hopelessly, at least make it look like it was close? Like, just missing a grenade shot or a bazooka shot or something!
McJack tries to chip the mine above him into Mouldy but messes it up.
Ow.
The AI cocked that shot up so badly.
their worm is flying backwards from the explosion. Backwards.
Cluster bomb. We've had success with these things before right?
The cluster bomb part is right next to slice and chips him into the water.
SUCCESS! 1 down, 7 to go?
Oh dear that looks very open to me.
But there's two goes at least until it's Curdle's turn again so McJack decides to wipe out the two other worms
Another cluster bomb, McJack takes a minor hit but makes to kill Mouldy.
Creamy decides to skip a go like a coward, but with that wind I don't think he could have done anything.
Bazooka to Mouse Trap finishes him off.
Woah that was close.
Let's try the banana bomb out, it's like a cluster bomb but mixed with dynamite and on crack.
Smooth. A right proper fail there.
Woah nellie, McJack is going to let the squad ain't he? First loss for the squad predicted.
I blame the lack of hats.
McJack cocks up a grenade throw. No rush. No panic. No need to kill the guy with a perfect shot on you or anything ey lad?
I think the AI has managed to kill half of their worms off just by incompetence. It's not like this is mission 28 or anything.
McJack can't afford to mess up this shot so resorts to a homing missile.
Oh come on. This is just stupid.
Damn, McJack cocked up a bazooka shot.
Though so do they.
Closer, but still messed up the shot. They fire back and mess it up again.
And then McJack fails again. It's the lack of a hat, the hat gives us power. All hail the mighty hats.
McJack might as well have just skipped his goes from the start and let the fucking enemy kill themselves.
McJack flies over and dynamites Crumbly.
GOAAALL!!
Not sure how I felt about that match. Out of 12 enemy worms, we killed 5 and the enemy killed 7 unless my maths are off.
New hat
And a new squadmember.
..
Egads, a puzzle that appears difficult? Can't be.
McJack pulls out his big drill and...
Jumps! And yes, I have removed our hats, we need not crazy voodoo hats to bring us victory.
The drill negates any fall damage, and you can jump further with it if you time your jump right, but who the fuck would waste one turn on doing one jump, I have no idea.
A perfect landing.
Herp, I wonder what I do with that.
Actually.. I think stinky isn't on..I think stinky has gone off.
The crate gives us an electromagnet, which seems to imply the AI can actually do something against us.
Better safe than sorry.
AI skips another go and McJack puts a girder up.
Another go skipped and McJack gets the last crate/toolbox/thing and gets a ninja rope which is promptly used.
Huuzah.
Well that was completely interesting.
Look at that map. All of those worms on a map like this and we've only got two worms? Awesome. It suddenly got interesting.
I think that's 10 enemy worms. 2 against 10? I like those odds.
Alright, here's the armoury. Banana bombs, buffalos of lies, and an electromagnet? Groovy.
Better safe than sorry. RIGHT?!
Oh christ it's already started.
Did he mean to do that so he'd explode ontop of McJack to damage him? Hmm..
Oh, 11 worms. It was 2 against 11? *recounts* Nah 12. 2 against 12. Awesome, mind you they've already managed to kill one of their worms our ...Not sure if incline.
Pro shot from Vlad.
Messes up the second shot though.
Mouldy Grenades' him and Vlad is dead.
Well shit. At least he got a kill before dying, better than a lot of the other worms can say, huh?
Goddamn these.. bunker busters...they're evil. They promise so much and give so little.
Woah, they manage to damage him with a grenade. 8 fuckin' damage, we're doomed.
Ahaha, time to pro this shit up.
: x Oh god bloody damn it. Air support, the squad's weakpoint.
I think the magnet turned off. I did not know it could do that.
Haha, the perfect sniper point for a uzi. I'm sure they won't get a goddamn grenade through that tiny hole.
Then McJack hits the magnet and it blows up in his face.
Classy.
Then he gets bazooka'd in the face.
I think it's time to run away.
I'm trying to wrap my head around this. It's. Why? If you're going to make the AI fail hopelessly, at least make it look like it was close? Like, just missing a grenade shot or a bazooka shot or something!
McJack tries to chip the mine above him into Mouldy but messes it up.
Ow.
The AI cocked that shot up so badly.
their worm is flying backwards from the explosion. Backwards.
Cluster bomb. We've had success with these things before right?
The cluster bomb part is right next to slice and chips him into the water.
SUCCESS! 1 down, 7 to go?
Oh dear that looks very open to me.
But there's two goes at least until it's Curdle's turn again so McJack decides to wipe out the two other worms
Another cluster bomb, McJack takes a minor hit but makes to kill Mouldy.
Creamy decides to skip a go like a coward, but with that wind I don't think he could have done anything.
Bazooka to Mouse Trap finishes him off.
Woah that was close.
Let's try the banana bomb out, it's like a cluster bomb but mixed with dynamite and on crack.
Smooth. A right proper fail there.
Woah nellie, McJack is going to let the squad ain't he? First loss for the squad predicted.
I blame the lack of hats.
McJack cocks up a grenade throw. No rush. No panic. No need to kill the guy with a perfect shot on you or anything ey lad?
I think the AI has managed to kill half of their worms off just by incompetence. It's not like this is mission 28 or anything.
McJack can't afford to mess up this shot so resorts to a homing missile.
Oh come on. This is just stupid.
Damn, McJack cocked up a bazooka shot.
Though so do they.
Closer, but still messed up the shot. They fire back and mess it up again.
And then McJack fails again. It's the lack of a hat, the hat gives us power. All hail the mighty hats.
McJack might as well have just skipped his goes from the start and let the fucking enemy kill themselves.
McJack flies over and dynamites Crumbly.
GOAAALL!!
Not sure how I felt about that match. Out of 12 enemy worms, we killed 5 and the enemy killed 7 unless my maths are off.
New hat
And a new squadmember.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Yeah, that's the real problem with the missions here; they put you in maps where if the AI didn't suck, you would lose, it should be maps where you can win even if the AI is playing good all the time.
It wouldn't be so bad if the contrast between them playing good and them playing bad wasn't so vast, the way it is now.. it's frankly jarring. If it's been decided that AI is going to fail hopelessly on that turn, at least make it so they don't just shotgun the wall next to them with half the map between them and their target, only to then skip a turn without firing a second shot.
When it's mission 28 out of 35, the AI shouldn't be killing off more than half their team, regardless of the map.
To be fair, it's not like if you stand in the open they won't hit you, Vlad's death is a good example of what happens when you're leaving yourself exposed, but still.
It wouldn't be so bad if the contrast between them playing good and them playing bad wasn't so vast, the way it is now.. it's frankly jarring. If it's been decided that AI is going to fail hopelessly on that turn, at least make it so they don't just shotgun the wall next to them with half the map between them and their target, only to then skip a turn without firing a second shot.
When it's mission 28 out of 35, the AI shouldn't be killing off more than half their team, regardless of the map.
To be fair, it's not like if you stand in the open they won't hit you, Vlad's death is a good example of what happens when you're leaving yourself exposed, but still.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Alright, a mainly vertical map, looks like 12worms verse 2worms, 100health verse 900health.
This is the kind of map where you've gotta be really careful..Not just because of the odds, but also because of the time; you see that 9:56 there in the righthand bottom corner? That's how long we've got until sudden death, all worms get 1hp and the water starts to raise.
Obviously that would be good for us, it would remove the enemy advantage and allow us to just use a couple of airstrikes to win.
It's also the cowards way out and McJack ain't no coward. There's only one course of action to be done.
I'm sure it'll work this time; Beta McMin's decided to target the oil drum, not the worm, hoping to at least do more than 10 damage for once.
At least he..sort of tried?
--Oh no wait, that's our worm. I'm sure there's a purpose to that.
He also..sort of..tried..a bit..
Beta McMin quite literally goes up in the world, his goal is a very simple one: Remove the worms McJack JR. forgets about.
For fuck sakes the shotgun can shoot twice. AT LEAST FIRE IT TWICE!
There's a perfectly valid reason why McJack JR. is randomly drilling. It's preparing for the big bang.
STOP IT, STOP SUCKING SO MUCH. GODDAMN.
McMin's first target is Mouse Meat. I'm sure an untrained rookie literally pulled off of the streets of Codexia can manage such a difficult shot that's required.
You might think this is some progress the AI is making. It really isn't progress, you can see their earlier shotgun blast closer to McJack than this bazooka's blast. It's more like a step backwards.
The AI pissed about some more, I can't be bothered to show it
The problem with doing a lot of drilling and digging is that it makes me wish I was playing dig dug.
Okay. Just look at what the AI has done. Somehow, somehow, the AI has managed to throw a grenade in the air for one second. This is the single frame directly prior to the grenade blowing up. Pray, explain, how the AI would remotely remotely decide this is the right course of action.
This is the single stupidest thing I have ever seen an AI do in a worms game. At least with the other stupid as hell choices you can sort of understand what they were trying to do, or how the 'thought' pattern went.
Nearly completed preparations..
Three guesses what the AI did on their turn. Go on.
McMin is ready to strike, next go..
Well done guys, destroyed your own sentry gun there.
I had hoped that the AI would have broken McJack out of his tunnels, but I guess not.
So AirStrike time!
Shows a good portion of the map.
Also FIRST BLOOD!
They really hate those oil drums.
Second blood. McMin just got beaten by McJack.
At least he's..attacking..even if the AI manages to do more damage to himself, attacking two of his own worms, in order to get at me..
Seriously fucking stupid, but it's progress..
Well done guys, seriously.
This is what all of the build up has been for. The plan is for the buffalo to hit Curdle, explode backwards off of him while sending him off the cliff, thereby killing him and hopefully putting him next to Mouse Trap. The buffalo, having bounced backwards will hit Edam, and then merrily go down the tunnels, break through them, hit Curdle and Mouse Trap, dealing enough damage to Mouse Trap so that Curdle's deathbomb will kill him, and then doing just enough damage to Stinky to knock him off the map into the water; three kills.
Nothing could go wrong.
Looks like he won't hit Edam..and Curdle isn't flying far enough to land next to Mouse Trap - or to even clear the cliff. Damn.
At least it worked in theory.
At least it knocked Stinky off.
Not too bad. Not too bad at all.
Look at that. The AI suddenly does something impressive and not at all pathetically shit.
In fact that's too fucking perfect of a shot; it makes everything else the AI have been doing look really really shitty in contrast.
At least if McJack dies next turn, he'll take two of them down with him.
In theory he should survive the next AI turn..
Rat Bait is next up for the chopping block.
Even if it was semi planned, it's still pathetic.
McJack. Dying with style.
You served the cause well.
Brave hero of Diversity.
Like a pro, McJack JR. manages to die by water instead of his own weaponry.
In his final moments, McJack JR. managed to become the worm with the second most kills: beaten only by Urist McJack.
Even with the AI playing so badly, it's not like Beta McMin is doing much better. The latest addition to the squad will be the doom of us. Damnnit McMin.
Managed to kill Rat Bait this time, huh McMin? Still managed to do damage to yourself, I see..
We're doomed.
Hmm. A bit close for comfort, that.
Damnnit man stop sucking. This carries on for a while until..
McMin resigns to using a homing rocket.
Which, naturally, fails.
More failure on each side is continued; but at least it's always roughly on target.
A supersheep is sent out to finish off Creamy
It's..sort of looking good?
Well done. You were doing..sort of well..for such a long time, and then you do something as stupid as this.
Firing into the wall next to you. Smooth.
Finally, the pissing match is won by McMin.
No time like the present, I've wanted to finish this within the ten minutes and dammnit, we can still do it.
Another turn skipped. Seriously, there's literally hundreds of things you could do that would make more sense and be more useful, and yet a turn is skipped. Pointlessly.
Beta McMin decides that it's too dangerous to be near Krafty..and the ledge. But still, got a couple of turns 'til it's Krafty up.
Three to go now..1 minute and a half to do it. We've got time.
Just when it looked the AI was doing something, they took some fall dmg.
Easy pickings. But..that ledge looks slightly exposed..
Good lord, the AI is doing something. QUICK MAN THE LIFEBOATS.
1 on 1 now..
Bah, slightly over, but good enough right?
Dammnit tunnels, let McMin jetpack through you.
Stupid tunnels.
Why is there dynamite there? WHY DID MCMIN JUST PLACE DYNAMITE THERE OH GOD WHAT
RUN FUCKING RUN MCMIN
It seems that all the jetpacks but one were used trying to get out of the tunnels; when the fire button was pressed to use the next jetpack, it changed to use the weapon that would have been dropped from a jetpack, since there wasn't another jetpack to use. Typically being dynamite..
That was very close..
Damn.
Woah woah no no no no no no no no.
Here is a very detailed MS paint sketch of what will happen with the directions of the rockets. Oh and Beta McMin only has 1hp to survive them.
As expected, the first two missiles blow up harmlessly.
Wait. Ahaha has the explosion knocked those two missiles off course?
Mother of god.
Diversity Squad. Pro as fuck.
Beta McMin ninja ropes back up, but without being able to do much else, plants a magnet in hopes that it'll save him.
It also appears the AI have mastered using the fire button twice in a row.
A dangerous game of cat and mouse starts..
I've left out a couple of screenshots due to the number of images.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck that's the danger zone right there, one shot to break through, one shot to kill McMin..
On one hand, that was painfully easy because the AI sucked so fucking much.
On the other, if they hadn't, the Squad would have easily died; nearly doing so when the AI sucked 90% of their turns.
I did play very recklessly though so..Eh.
Urist McLurker
Learned
Edited the last post to have the update a while ago, didn't bother mentioning it 'til I did this update. Which is now.
Wait no what
Getting to a crate?
Urist McLurker is up and uh, it's an interesting map?
Right. Okay. This might be a real challenge, two utility crates and we need to reach a weapons create somewhere, we have no inventory.
...Where's the timer?
Well, I guess there's nothing to it but to jump?
Wait what 0 hp? We had 1hp?
Well done Urist McLurker, died on your first jump.
Okay so the AI didn't get a turn so Beta McMin jumps off the edge and nets us a ninja rope!
You served us well.
Erebrus McZilch drills down and we find out why we needed a ninja rope. Except we could, just, uh, jump. But damnnit, Beta McMin died to get us that ninja rope.
Right. Okay.
Nothing left to do but do it.
Behold, Ragnarǫk!
All shall die! NONE SHALL REM-
Oh. Huh, well done.
Well. That's that. End of the line, final mission, and after being subjected to such AI just..I don't know how to describe it, I really don't. Just plain failure and nonsense. I don't really fancy trying out the other modes. Perhaps other Worms Games.
Awards for our Worms:
Most cowardly: Purist McKodex
Most Pointless Death: Beta McMin
Most Kills: Erebus McZilch
Survivor: Erebus McZilch
Luckiest Worm: Beta McMin
Worm of The Campaign: Urist McJack
Wait no what
Getting to a crate?
Urist McLurker is up and uh, it's an interesting map?
Right. Okay. This might be a real challenge, two utility crates and we need to reach a weapons create somewhere, we have no inventory.
...Where's the timer?
Well, I guess there's nothing to it but to jump?
Wait what 0 hp? We had 1hp?
Well done Urist McLurker, died on your first jump.
Okay so the AI didn't get a turn so Beta McMin jumps off the edge and nets us a ninja rope!
You served us well.
Erebrus McZilch drills down and we find out why we needed a ninja rope. Except we could, just, uh, jump. But damnnit, Beta McMin died to get us that ninja rope.
Right. Okay.
Nothing left to do but do it.
Behold, Ragnarǫk!
All shall die! NONE SHALL REM-
Oh. Huh, well done.
Well. That's that. End of the line, final mission, and after being subjected to such AI just..I don't know how to describe it, I really don't. Just plain failure and nonsense. I don't really fancy trying out the other modes. Perhaps other Worms Games.
Awards for our Worms:
Most cowardly: Purist McKodex
Most Pointless Death: Beta McMin
Most Kills: Erebus McZilch
Survivor: Erebus McZilch
Luckiest Worm: Beta McMin
Worm of The Campaign: Urist McJack
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enjoyable LP despite the crap AI bro good workAstralStorm
Educated
Wow, more physics in Worms. Would almost make it worth $$$ if not for broken AI and far too many unlocks.
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