Talk:Worms (1995 video game)

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[edit] Importance

Why is this classic game a low priority inclusion? --172.206.232.17 22:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. --Mika1h 17:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Previous similar works

Perhaps refrence to gorilla.bas, scorched earth, and whatever some other games that laid the framework for this game —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.119.213.227 (talk) 14:11, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Platform List

I'm not 100% sure about the other platforms listed, but I know for a fact that the original Worms this article is based upon has not been ported to the XBox 360. The one on the 360 is based off of the Worms 2 series.

I notice that the PlayStation is also mentioned, which I'm fairly certain never featured this game... again, not certain enough to remove it, but the XBox 360 needs to be removed. - Louis 167.1.143.100 00:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
EDIT: Went ahead and removed the 360 tag from the table, and did some search for the Playstation version(s)... so far found Worms: Armageddon was out for the PS1, and I believe World Party may have been available as well. I'll leave it for the time being, but pretty sure the original Worms was not ported to the PS1. Have some reservations about the other systems listed, but again I'll leave that in someone else's hands ☺ - Louis 167.1.143.100 01:01, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Worms, the original, was definitely available on the PSX - I've played it. Cover scan here: http://www.freecovers.net/view/0/ed94174a2361878639918a1a4b69d0f3/front.html --Cooper-42 (talk) 16:28, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Worms definitely came out for the PSone. I have it, and I've played it recently. Additionally, it's listed as such on both Dream17's entry for Worms and on Team17 Software's website. Hullubulloo (talk) 21:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Listing weapons

Should the list of weapons stay in the article? Articles aren't supposed to be lists of things within the game, or like a strategy guide.Nitre (talk) 11:53, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article update

Extended the article a fair bit. could use some editing by anyone with layout/formating ability? --Cooper-42 (talk) 17:47, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Worms: The Directors Cut

The section for WormsDC should ideally be expanded out and separated into its own article. WormsDC added a lot of new features and weapons to the game, most of which resonated throughout the series. If Worms World Party gets its own article, when it's essentially just Worms Armageddon with a few minor additions, then surely WormsDC is deserving of its own article too. Hullubulloo (talk) 21:24, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

It originally had its own page, which I merged because it only had two lines (and I was under the impression it was an add-on). If there's anyone out there who could write a bit for an article/stub (maybe the differences between the worms and wormsdc engines, graphics, gameplay?) It'd be a good idea to give it its own article. --Cooper-42 (talk) 14:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Eh, voilà--Cooper-42 (talk) 15:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Worms as a Strategy game

I removed the strategy genre mainly because the reference was not useful in defining why it was a strategy game. The sentence "All in all, though, Worms is an inexpensive game that offers an exciting strategy competition, a lot of laughs, and fantastic replay value" from the gamespot review simply uses strategy as a term used to describe the planning involved throughout the game (a.k.a. action taken as defined by multiple changing aspects). This is not representative of the strategy genre - considering that with the same definition you could give ANY game the genre strategy (solitaire has probability strategy involved for success - does it fit the bill?).

Anyways, worms is just a more complicated artillery game. --Notmyhandle (talk) 22:57, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Worms scrapyardscreenshot.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)