Game Summary:

Join in on an interplanetary odyssey that's odder than any oddity you can imagine! Retaining the classic turn based gameplay, stylized environments and humor synonymous with the brand, Worms: Wii brings players closer to the game than ever before! Taking advantage of the Wii Remote with a redesigned control scheme, players will launch attacks with unique Worms's weaponry via a wide range of gesture-based maneuvers. Now everyone can join in the all new single and multiplayer experiences of Worms: A Space Oddity, enjoy a host of new Worms party games, and take on friends in classic Worms matches. The more players put into the game, the more they get out! With an all-new visual style, environments, intuitive controls, and even more customization options, it has never been easier to pick up a Worms title and join in the wormy fun!

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Game Review:

Worms is a turn-based strategy game where teams of worms battle across bizarre randomly generated landscapes, or across finely crafted custom-designed levels.

Each team takes turns to pick off the opposing team using crazy weapons, tools and other utilities they have discovered or whatever foul strategies they can conjure up.

Worms die when they lose all of their energy or plunge into the icy depths of the water surrounding the landscape. The winning team is the one that manages to survive the mayhem and have worms left standing when the dust settles.

Each worm has an arsenal of devastating weapons at their disposal, some of which have a limited supply so strategy must be used to achieve maximum carnage. Weapons such as bazookas, grenades, dynamite, exploding sheep, old ladies and the dreaded concrete donkey all make an appearance adding to the fun and destruction!
The simple appearance of the game belies the fact that beneath the surface lies a cunningly designed strategy game able to weed out the tactical wheat from the chaff. Worms can in fact be played in many different ways: some players opt for wanton destruction (nicknamed ‘the light side’), while others are so underhanded that they wreak vengeance at every opportunity: these so called ‘dark-siders’ will use any tactics necessary to win the match, typically digging in and making themselves hard to kill.

The successful player adapts their strategy to the weapons available, the landscape they’re playing on and each new opponent they play. The multitude of tactics and strategies available, coupled with the ever changing, randomly-generated landscapes keeps the game fresh… proving that gameplay is more important than graphics.

Worms: A Space Oddity takes good advantage of the Wii controller. All weapons found in the game are fired by the use of various gestures with the Wii Remote. Some weapons can also be fired with varying degrees of power.
We agree with the ESRB and recommend Worms for players ages 10 years and up.
Bottom Line:
Just like previous Worms games, Space Oddity is a lot of fun, especially when played with friends.