My first Worms World Party (WWP) session, happened on a Dreamcast (DC); and it wasn't as enjoyable as I expected. Then it was time for the PC version, and the game totally redefined itself! To understand how and why, let me brief you about this "Worms" thing.

The "Worms" series is now a classic, on its third iteration. The game is all about little worms fighting each other. Worms organize in teams and then fight the adversaries, on a turn based fashion, using weapons that range from the low tech punch, to the high tech homing missile, and the imaginative suicide sheeps - and no, I won't describe the whole arsenal! So, it all gets down to "your worm picks a weapon, tries to hit an adversary, then its the other team's turn". Pretty simple.

Again, when I first tried WWP on the DC, I got disappointed. The problem is that the CPU worms need too much to make a decision, and that completely cuts the "human versus machine mode" fun. Fortunately - or at least I thought it would be - I have two DC controllers and was hopping that I could play against some friend, thus bypassing the CPU speed problem. Strangely, the DC version of WWP, does NOT support this playing mode.

Since its first inception, "Worms, the game" has been about fun, in general, and multiplayer fun, in particular. Alleluia for the PC version, that is CPU speedy and handles all possible forms of multiplayer games! I spent a few hours playing against my girlfriend, via a LAN TCP/IP connection, and it was utterly fun! Hurrah for Team 17's latest!... on the PC.

There really isn't much more to comment on WWP: it features highly polished 2D graphics, an interesting soundtrack, very appropriate sound effects, and allows so many different playing styles, that it sure holds a long term appeal. This game is fun!, it is NOT a tech demo, it is not an experiment, it does not bring anything new to the gaming scene, other than showing that it is worth to refine what was already great.

Go get it!