Worms World Party Remastered

If you are experiencing problems with the menu (part of it being obstructed by white boxes and editing/creating teams being basically impossible because of big black box in the way), find the game shortcut in the game folder and go to: Properties -> Compatibility -> Disable full-screen optimisations.

Cute, funny, mostly relaxing, but "mission attemps" can be also challenging. Because of absence of blood can be played also by little kids. Good choice to spend short freetime :-)

I had to lower resolution to make more readable from couch, but once I did, it was as fun as I remember. Also, some weapons seem to still require mouse and keyboard once selected with controlle, e.g. air strike, homing missle, or rotate girder. So the two big features of the "remaster" only sort of work...

This game has all the components to make it fun-to-play with your friends: physics and other mechanics are well implemented, visuals and sounds are very much enjoyable, weapons and mods variety make each round unique. The main game-changer is creativity - you can basically build your own game trying different tactics, and you will never get bored. Also, computer-based opponents have good balance for singleplayer, as well as premade solo missions.

Finally, Worms World Party is playable on modern OSes without silly hacks or cracks or patches. With support for current resolutions (for the most party). AND GOG Galaxy support, so hopefully Internet Multiplayer works even better than it used to! There are a few caveats to the creamy goodness here, though. I absolutely respect the amount of time and effort the dev team(s) put into making this thing happen. It's been a long time coming and it is great to have the definitive pre-3D Worms experience playable to the modern masses and available digitally. 1) Don't think everything will be glossy. The Menu UI is still a bit wonky, with slowdowns on the menu transitions and a weird semi-windowed (Fullscreen Window Borderless) mode that uses the old square resolution types. With a dual monitor setup, this means a lot of window shifting between menu and games between the screens. Not a dealbreaker, but something to be made aware of. At least they work and don't freeze or get weird colors like the original CD release on anything past XP. 2) Feels unoptimized. I'm running an AMD FX 8320 w/ 16GB RAM and a Geforce 570 GTX and I'm getting some strange FPS issues. It's not tied to Vertical Sync, because even with it disabled, it feels like it jumps between 30 and 60 fps with zero variations inbetween. Tt doesn't feel as snappy as I would have expected, especially compared to the older release on older machines. It's great that it works, might be worth investing a little bit more time in fixing the rough edges. That's about it! Minor issues in what otherwise seems like a great release. It's awesome that WORMNET is working the way it should, though I haven't actually played a game on it yet. Thanks again to all parties for making this re-release possible! Long live the LAN Parties. Long live Worms World Party.