I've been pleasantly surprised by WMD. For me, it has the best feel and snappiness of any modern Worms game since the era of Armageddon, and I've played virtually every game in the series since the Worms demo on my Amiga many moons ago. Although it's currently not as endlessly configurable as W:A is, I think it's important to praise the fact that T17 seem to be trying to get back on the right road after the horror that was Reloaded.

Hopefully someone from T17 will read this. If you guys commit yourselves as you've said you will then the game has definite potential. But before you work on anything else for the game bar the post-launch bug fixes, I beg you, take what the community has said in Steam discussions seriously.

If you genuinely want to see multiplayer for WMD stay strong into the future and to grow a solid community, you have to prioritise cross-platform play using a centralised lobby and matchmaking system - a Wormnet 2.0. Saying "we're investigating it" isn't good enough. Fluffing the issue and baulking at whatever technical challenges are involved isn't good enough. If you're committed to WMD, this needs to happen.

Tonight (UK time) was the game's launch night, and for the GOG version of the game, it feels far too quiet - many-minute queue times and no public lobbies. I'll give it until the end of the coming weekend to know for sure, but right now the multiplayer side seems disappointingly lifeless over here.

Whatever happens, I don't regret the purchase because if nothing else I'll have fun playing it with family - but others may be relying on the multiplayer to get their money's worth, and they aren't going to be happy.

Please, T17. Centralise multiplayer and make Boggy B proud.

Have to agree, they have done great with this release.
I went the darkside & bought on *cringe* steam, because I knew the queues would be faster & they're good, although do get some leavers & keep having to press "Ready" any time groups change a little.

Really hope they do go cross platforms/clients etc.

Sadly it's true. I couldn't find anyone for MP. I guess i should have gone for the Steam version.

(The game itself it's great, very nice details ^^).

I have to agree. The game's great, but I haven't been able to find a single online game so far. Not ranked, not unranked. Very disappointed in that regard.

Also, online requires Galaxy with a GOG account which owns the game (without Galaxy you only seem to get hot-seat options). Thanks to the lack of a LAN option too, that means hot-seat only when I want to play with the rest of the family in the house. Quite unfortunate :(

I knew something was very wrong when I was getting top 20 highscores on every training mission for awful times.

Went something like: "How am I ranked #11 on a mission where I spent the first 30 seconds getting my food out of the microwave downstairs? Am I the only one playing this?"

lol :D

Well that's my case, i love the game, but with no one on GOG on multiplayer and no news from TEAM 17 about the cross platform, i'm going to ask for a refund

Worms without LAN option is just ... wrong. Also requiring Galaxy for online multiplayer feels very much like some form of DRM. Think I'll pass on this one.

Multiplayer is dead in W.M.D and World Party Remastered too :(

Armageddon is still standing strong.