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This huge assortment of instruments used to deal out the pain keeps things fairly fresh and funny, as each weapon has its own silly effect. Every combat game may have grenades and shotguns, but not a whole lot of them have pneumatic drills, ninja ropes, supersheep, and sticks of dynamite. It's the weapons in this game that make it really fun.

Still, a few button presses, and this is all but forgotten. The only particularly bad thing about the audio is the German beer commercial-like Euro-dance that pulses over the title screen. Mild, almost unnoticeable music plays in the background and helps you focus on the task at hand. Other sound effects - such as explosions, bouncing grenades, and submachine gun fire - are done well and lend a bit of realism to an otherwise unrealistic experience. If a live grenade is tossed next to you, your worm will scream, "Run for it." If it completely misses, your worm will ask, "What was that?" This effect is only mildly cute and strictly tiptoes the fine line of being annoying.

Squeaky, high-pitched speech fills the game with colorful comments from your worm army as you play. So the computer decides which of your worms will be a redneck, which will be British, and which will be Asian. Unfortunately, the N64 version doesn't allow you to set what type of accent your worms speak in, and instead simply randomizes the speech patterns of your worms. A serious humor element is added to the gameplay in the form of the worm's hysterical speech. Still, more detail to some animations, such as the shotgun fire, could have provided Worms with a bit more graphical prowess and, in turn, could have helped sort out exactly where the blast hit (or missed). Explosions and animations are simple - worms shuffle along when you're moving them, and explosives blow up within a pretty obvious radius. Switching to more offbeat weapons will generally change your character's appearance - a worm will don a headband before administering a dragon punch, and a worm armed with a battle-ax is also outfitted with a Viking helmet. The detail is simple but effective, and it helps support the humorous themes running through the game's elements. Big eyes and oddly shaped household items show the comic-strip influence of the graphics, and combined with the simple 2D layout, it makes Worms Armageddon something of a throwback to the old school. The worms and everything around them have a distinctly animated look to them. This leads to all sorts of havoc, as combat tends to lend itself to poorly aimed explosives and the fun effects they cause.

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From there, you switch to a manual aiming and firing scheme used to unleash your weapon of choice at the worm you're targeting. Each of your worms shares a collective arsenal from which you can choose all sorts of weapons - from the devastatingly serious to the laughably wacky.

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(Worms can't swim.) The combat itself takes place in a series of timed turn-based rounds that seamlessly flow into each other. You do this on a 2D plane that's usually a series of odd platforms and objects precariously placed over deadly water. The concept is pretty simple: You control a team of well-armed worms, and your objective is to kill the other worms any way you can. This simple, somewhat innocent premise sets the stage for an excellent turn-based strategy game, as Worms Armageddon is not only the best Worms game, it's also an incredible multiplayer experience.

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Do you ever wonder what worms do in their free time? The third chapter of the popular Worms series, Worms Armageddon, has you believe that instead of just hiding under rocks and floating down storm drains, worms are actually ruthless militant creatures with boyish British accents that constantly fight each other.