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There are over 30 missions for you to complete and there is a nice mixture of missions that are all about having fun and carnage and missions that require you to do some deep thinking in order to beat them.

As you would expect, multiplayer is an absolute blast and you have a very decent selection of game modes to enjoy when you are playing with your friends. I know that some games struggled when they made the jump from 2D to 3D. However, despite a couple of flaws, I feel that Worms 3D did a great job in nailing the transition to the 3rd dimension.

It very much feels like a classic Worms game, but now you can move around with much more freedom. The single-player mode is a lot of fun and the multiplayer is even more fun than that!

Time passes and things change. Mountains disappear, civilizations rise and fall and what were once pixels with bazookas become three-dimensional pink things with bazookas. They're back, they're in 3D and they've got an exploding sheep with your name on it. Just as with previous Worms games , Worms 3D features several teams of worms with an arsenal of bizarre weapons at their disposal, who fight in a turn-based battle in which the enemy must be drowned, exploded and burnt to death by throwing an assortment of weapons in their general direction.

The game has always provoked inordinate amounts of lip-biting, gauging of wind speed and kicking of desks, but how has it fared in its transition to the third dimension? If you're a seasoned Worms hack, then initially the extra dimension is a bit worrying, and despite the pick-up-and-play Worms ethos, it takes you a while to figure out how to manoeuvre your warrior over the battlefield.

It's all fairly simple, but things like the new-fangled control you have over your worm's jumps take some getting used to. And Worms staples like the Ninja Rope suddenly need about eight keys and a basic education in rope-physics before they can be used successfully in swinging from platform to platform.

Compounding this, the third-person camera is liable to throw a few wobblers at you during your game, either presenting you with a close-up of a grassy hillock or schizophrenically swapping angles so that you get confused and accidentally saunter into a nearby landmine.

That's the sniffy games-journalist angle done and dusted. The good news is that these problems fade away the more you play and the more adept you become. Worms 3D Cutscene Take a look at some wacky worm antics in this cutscene. Acclaim to distribute Sega games in Spain Acclaim Entertainment announces that it has signed a distribution agreement for all of Sega Europe's upcoming games in Spain.

Activision gets Worms Activision signs a publishing agreement with Team 17 and its Worms series of games. Use your keyboard! Now, movement is via the WASD keys and direction is via the mouse much like a standard first- or third-person action game, with the cursor keys to adjust the angle. In addition, you can enter first-person mode and use the equivalent of a crosshair for targeting, which takes some time to get used to.

The major problem is jumping. If, for example, you're on a roof and are trying to jump on to a ledge, you have to simultaneously use movement and direction controls and then hit 'return' to complete the action and hit it twice if you need a backflip. Confounding this is no apparent option to customize keystrokes to particular actions. That aside, the 3D graphics themselves are perfectly in keeping with the spirit of the original.

In other words, they are colourful, over the top cartoon creations, frequently mimicking film scenes Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, King Kong, etc. The worms themselves rely on a broad range of facial expressions to express anxiety, elation or fear, allied to their familiar high-pitched squeaks which can also be further customised.

One of the consequences of the new graphics is that movement time becomes more critical as you need to allow longer to get into position before setting up your next shot. This is where the jet pack and the teleport will definitely come into their own. The maps are not as extensive as in the 2D versions so trajectory is much more critical and the emphasis is now all above ground, as the tunnelling option has been removed.

Surprisingly, the only downside on the graphics is the surprisingly restrained degree of visual damage created by each hit. Yes, you get big explosions and fireballs and the accompanying sound effects match them well. But frequently after the dust has settled the attacked worm does little more than shake his head from side to side, sit up, and squeak, "That wasn't very nice!

The interface is simplicity itself with icons in each corner giving you tips on health, weapon elevation, wind direction, enemy location and weapon selection. The weapon options menu pops up when you right-click the mouse and hey presto, you're off and firing! The start-up tutorial provides an essential introduction to the new changes and the single-player campaigns are there to sharpen up your response time and accuracy.

There's an additional challenge mode which opens up after a mission is completed, but that is principally designed to practice further your speed and technical skills. But as everyone knows, Worms is all about multiplayer and there are no disappointments in that department aside from a tragic lack of online support on the console platforms.

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