Hedgewars 2d worms style clone (free)
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Yeah bit of a copy clone here, but its popular with 80 ppl online when i saw in official servers. Its not as cool as worms but the engine is a lot better so has more possibilities with updates than worms even tho fans have source of worms arm it still takes ages to get updates.
Actually, it looks pretty good.
Okay having played this a bit ( mind I play quite a lot of Worms Armageddon and sometimes World Party still) it shows great promise but is still a bit off from worms.
The main issue atm imo is the sound, there are too little sound effects and things you're used to hearing trusted sounds of just aren't there, eg. when moving or dropping an object or when falling.
The graphics are prettier ( but I'm not sure if they're ''better'') than in worms, the background is actually lovely to look at and I think it has 24 or 32 bit colors instead of just 256 colors like in worms. The explosions effects are better than in worms too. But miss the obvious things like blood and just better animations overall.
Finally, there's the lack of features which means you can't really play a ''shopper'' game for example or a ''rope race'' or many of the matured games played with worms in mp. And stuff like weapon options and custom maps ( as in import .png files and use them as maps) are lacking too ( unless I'm blind and missed them).
As with the 2d worms games, this will have no issues running on any pc. Hopefully, the graphics will grow at the same time too as the engine allows for more ( due to being 32bpp), stuff like the backgrounds are already far superior to worms and the maps eye prettier too, but at the same time it looks a bit basic, the maps...
This game has great potential because the source code is available, it will probably with people who invest time in it, surpass the 2d worms games as they are at the moment. But let's not forget, Armageddon is still being supported and while slowly, still being updated & patched by the original creators.
The main issue atm imo is the sound, there are too little sound effects and things you're used to hearing trusted sounds of just aren't there, eg. when moving or dropping an object or when falling.
The graphics are prettier ( but I'm not sure if they're ''better'') than in worms, the background is actually lovely to look at and I think it has 24 or 32 bit colors instead of just 256 colors like in worms. The explosions effects are better than in worms too. But miss the obvious things like blood and just better animations overall.
Finally, there's the lack of features which means you can't really play a ''shopper'' game for example or a ''rope race'' or many of the matured games played with worms in mp. And stuff like weapon options and custom maps ( as in import .png files and use them as maps) are lacking too ( unless I'm blind and missed them).
As with the 2d worms games, this will have no issues running on any pc. Hopefully, the graphics will grow at the same time too as the engine allows for more ( due to being 32bpp), stuff like the backgrounds are already far superior to worms and the maps eye prettier too, but at the same time it looks a bit basic, the maps...
This game has great potential because the source code is available, it will probably with people who invest time in it, surpass the 2d worms games as they are at the moment. But let's not forget, Armageddon is still being supported and while slowly, still being updated & patched by the original creators.
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Worms is still better!