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Worms Battlegrounds

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Worms Battlegrounds
Developer(s)Team17
Publisher(s)Team17
SeriesWorms
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Release
Genre(s)Artillery,strategy
Mode(s)Single-player,multiplayer

Worms Battlegroundsis a 2Dartilleryturn-based tacticsvideo gamedeveloped and published byTeam17and was released on 30 May 2014 for thePlayStation 4andXbox One.

Set within a world history museum, thesingle-playerstory follows the player's worms attempt to retrieve the concrete donkey's stone carrot from Lord Darius-Mesmer, a worm who is using it to try to take over the world. The game is narrated by Tara Pinkle, aLara Croftparody who is voiced byKatherine Parkinson.

Gameplay[edit]

See also:Gameplay in the Worms series

Worms Battlegroundsis anartilleryturn-based tactics/strategy game.Gameplay follows on the earlier games of the series, in which teams of worms take turns to use a variety of weapons and items in order to eliminate the opposing teams. It continues to use the mechanic that was introduced inWorms Revolution,whereby players could select their worms from four different classes: Soldier, Scout, Scientist and Heavy, which all had different play styles unique to each class.

The game includes a total of sixty-five weapons and utilities. Among the ten new weapons is a teleport gun, which was created in response to criticism that the ninja rope wasn't authentic compared with older games. In an interview withDigital Spyproducer Davd Wood explained: "We had to completely throw out the physics system forRevolution,Clan WarsandBattlegrounds,because we wanted to bring in dynamic water, we wanted to bring in physics objects, "[2]

The Xbox One version enablesXbox SmartGlassto keep track of stats, while the light bar on the PlayStation 4'sDualShock 4controller changes its color depending on the status of the player's worm.[3]The speech from the worms can also be heard through the DualShock 4's internal speaker.

Additional content[edit]

The first additional downloadable content pack forWorms Battlegroundswas titledAlien Invasion,and added various items to the game. It was released in January 2015. The pack adds a new game mode called 'Body Count' in which the player scores points for killing worms, as well as adding more campaign levels for the player to complete. In addition, weapons were added to the game, such as the Plasma Blaster, Energy Orbs and a UFO Strike, as well as adding various new customizable items to decorate the player's worms. The pack also added five trophies and achievements to its list.Alien Invasionwas released on January 12 for Xbox One and January 21 for PlayStation 4.[4][5]

Reception[edit]

Worms Battlegroundsreceived mixed reviews. It has aMetacriticscore of 62/100 and 70/100 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions respectively.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^Phillips Tom (19 May 2014)."Worms Battlegrounds gets May release for PS4, Xbox One".Eurogamer.Archivedfrom the original on 22 June 2014.Retrieved16 June2014.
  2. ^Reynolds Matthew (31 March 2014)."Worms Battlegrounds on PS4 and Xbox One the" biggest "entry yet".Digital Spy.Archivedfrom the original on 4 June 2014.Retrieved16 June2014.
  3. ^Kubba Sinan (18 May 2014)."Good morning, how are you, I'm Worms Battlegrounds".Joystiq.Archivedfrom the original on 21 May 2014.Retrieved16 June2014.
  4. ^"Alien Invasion DLC Xbox Store Page with release date".Microsoft. 12 January 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 7 February 2015.Retrieved26 January2015.
  5. ^"Alien Invasion DLC PlayStation Store Page with release date".Sony. 21 January 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 28 April 2014.Retrieved26 January2015.
  6. ^"PlayStation 4 Metacritic".Metacritic.Archivedfrom the original on 31 May 2014.Retrieved16 June2014.
  7. ^"Xbox Metacritic".Metacritic.Archivedfrom the original on 2 June 2014.Retrieved16 June2014.
  8. ^"Worms Battlegrounds for PlayStation 4 Reviews".Metacritic.CBS Interactive.Archivedfrom the original on 11 June 2019.Retrieved3 October2019.
  9. ^"Worms Battlegrounds for Xbox One Reviews".Metacritic.CBS Interactive.Archivedfrom the original on 17 June 2019.Retrieved3 October2019.
  10. ^Tarrant, Ben (1 November 2017)."Worms Battlegrounds Review (PS4)".Push Square.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2021.Retrieved3 October2021.
  11. ^Carter, Chris (30 May 2014)."Review: Worms Battlegrounds".Destructoid.Archivedfrom the original on 3 October 2021.Retrieved3 October2021.
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