Worms Clan Wars
- August 14, 2013
- Team17
- 23h median play time
Get on Steam"Worms Clan Wars" is a turn-based artillery strategy game featuring single-player and multiplayer modes. Players command a team of worms and use a variety of weapons to defeat opposing teams on destructible environments. The game includes online clan support, customization options, and a level editor for creating and sharing user-made content.
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Reviews
- Worms Clan Wars offers classic, chaotic worm warfare with updated visuals and a fun multiplayer experience.
- The game features extensive customization options for worms, including different classes that add strategic depth.
- Playing with friends enhances the experience, leading to hilarious moments and enjoyable gameplay.
- The game suffers from significant technical issues, including lag, crashes, and poor optimization on various systems.
- The online multiplayer community is largely inactive, making it difficult to find matches.
- Some players find the AI frustratingly poor and the single-player campaign lacking in depth and engagement.
- graphics99 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 68 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The graphics of Worms Clan Wars have received mixed reviews, with some praising the updated cartoonish style and vibrant colors, while others criticize the 3D art direction and various graphical bugs that hinder gameplay. Many players report significant performance issues, particularly on certain hardware configurations, leading to a frustrating experience. Overall, while the visuals may appeal to some, they are often seen as lacking clarity and polish compared to earlier titles in the series.
“The updated visuals of Clan Wars barely show their age thanks to the fitting cartoonish style used, with the interface in particular feeling playful, yet snappy and readable.”
“The graphics are outstanding and the gameplay is truly remarkable.”
“Beautiful artwork, finally a windowed mode, and plays well cross-platform, unlike the previous versions.”
“Unfortunately, I had a lot of graphic issues on my system (weird artifacts, flickering, invisible worms) which made it unplayable, and I asked for a refund.”
“The game looks visually atrocious with jagged edges around everything. I'm not normally the kind of person to complain about graphics, but the game just looks bad, even with anti-aliasing turned on. The game also runs at a terrible frame rate (generally hovering around 20fps) on a PC that easily meets the minimum required specs.”
“The graphics are somewhat hideous, with blobs imitating water and 3D-ish models that look outdated.”
- gameplay98 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Worms Clan Wars retains the classic turn-based strategy and humor of the series, but opinions are mixed regarding its execution. While some players appreciate the depth and chaotic physics-based interactions, others find the mechanics frustrating and imprecise, leading to a less enjoyable experience. Overall, the game offers a blend of familiar gameplay with new features, but it struggles with optimization and can feel sluggish at times.
“Worms Clan Wars preserves the classic charm of the Worms series with its turn-based strategic gameplay and quirky humor.”
“Combined, all of this makes for rather chaotic matches, which are enhanced by the gameplay being very physics-based, often leading to basic attacks triggering wacky interactions and/or chain reactions.”
“The gameplay is fun, and there are many interesting ways to utilize the different tools in the game, and these items are not only combat-focused either.”
“This game has the most frustrating mechanics out of any game I've played; worst introduction to the Worms franchise, I am not buying another!”
“Clan Wars feels lacking in these aspects; trying to move, to aim, to enact strategies... it all feels imprecise, and so the gameplay will often feel frustrating.”
“The mechanics are so sluggish and slow, not the pace required for Worms at all.”
- story70 mentions
- 26 % positive mentions
- 64 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The story in "Worms Clan Wars" is characterized by its quirky and humorous tone, featuring absurd dialogue and entertaining narration that adds charm to the gameplay. While some players find the campaign enjoyable and funny, others criticize it for being simplistic, buggy, and frustratingly difficult at times. Overall, the narrative serves as a light-hearted backdrop to the game's mechanics, though opinions on its execution vary widely.
“The story is silly in a good way and links a relatively long campaign.”
“The narration by the psychopathic crypt creeper Tara Pinkle is just wonderful and really funny, one of the best parts of the game.”
“Story mode has bucketloads of charm and humor in keeping with the whole theme of the game.”
“This campaign features some light and mostly nonsensical storytelling, voice acted by Katherine Parkinson, who does a phenomenal job delivering the genuinely absurd dialogue.”
“Worms Clan Wars just doesn't know what it wants to be; it lacks the charm of Armageddon, and the campaign makes very little sense. Mission success is a dice roll, and trying to put a structured campaign around that is idiotic.”
“The story is narrated by a nasally woman who has poor lines and horrible jokes.”
- humor68 mentions
- 97 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
The humor in "Worms Clan Wars" is a standout feature, characterized by its quirky, slapstick comedy and clever puns delivered by the narrator. Players find the game hilariously entertaining, especially in multiplayer settings, where unexpected mishaps and absurd weapon effects lead to memorable and laugh-out-loud moments. While some critiques mention a decline in humor compared to earlier titles, the overall consensus is that the game remains a fun and funny experience, particularly when enjoyed with friends.
“Worms Clan Wars preserves the classic charm of the Worms series with its turn-based strategic gameplay and quirky humor.”
“The combination of the ridiculousness of the game with the fun mechanics makes for hilarious situations with your friends, creating a great time.”
“This game is a hilarious, addictive, and all-round fun game which can be played with any style you want.”
“I spawn on edges and my friends splash me with pee and water jetpack. It's not funny; I'm not laughing. Where is the joke?”
“I really thought that I would love this slapstick humor-filled game, especially when playing with friends.”
- optimization26 mentions
- 12 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with many users reporting severe performance issues across various systems, including low frame rates and poor controller support. While some players find enjoyment in the gameplay, the overall experience is marred by significant optimization flaws that detract from the fun. Despite promises of improvements, many feel that the game remains poorly optimized, leading to frustration and disappointment.
“The newer Worms game (Worms W.M.D) is so much better in terms of optimization and just gameplay in general.”
“As far as gameplay goes, Clan Wars is an optimized revolution, meaning no lag when water sloshes about.”
“It's still just Worms, but the game runs smoothly, the graphics are good, the silly comedy is still there, and blowing your friends away in this game never gets old!”
“This game had promise, but on my laptop, despite it being a basic 2D game, it was horrendously optimized, like seriously bad.”
“Overall it is a nice game but the optimization ruins the experience.”
“Game looks like it would be a lot of classic worms fun but I never got that far as the game runs with such terrible performance on my PC that I cannot play.”
- stability23 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- -4 % neutral mentions
- 91 % negative mentions
The game's stability is frequently criticized, with users reporting various glitches and bugs, including physics issues and occasional crashes, particularly in multiplayer mode. While some glitches are rare and can be humorous, many players experience frustrating bugs that hinder gameplay, especially on certain platforms. Overall, while the game is enjoyable, its stability issues detract from the experience.
“The offline gameplay is very smooth, with no glitches.”
“The game runs flawlessly, providing a stable experience throughout.”
“I haven't encountered any crashes or bugs, which makes for a very enjoyable experience.”
“So after I bought this game for me and 3 friends as a Christmas gift, we jumped into multiplayer mode and sadly we quickly realized it is buggy. The game randomly crashes, once for all of us, another try just one of us... very frustrating. From reading another review where a user mentions he submitted a ticket in 2017, I've lost my hope this will be solved.”
“The gameplay feels slow and for some reason the game freezes a lot.”
“Game is full of bugs (both for Windows and Mac), explosion sounds are missing randomly and visual glitches seem to be common.”
- music13 mentions
- 46 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the charming and humorous soundtrack that complements the visuals, while others find it underwhelming or repetitive. Although the background tunes are generally described as pleasant and fitting for the themes, there are criticisms regarding the overall variety and engagement of the music. Overall, while the soundtrack has its highlights, it may not be enough to elevate the experience for all players.
“Boosted with a humorous and charming soundtrack, pretty visuals, and the ability to create and customize your own landscapes to your liking.”
“The background music features happy tunes that match the level themes, all very pleasant.”
“Soundtrack is very good, I am positively surprised.”
“The humour and music are there, but the graphics are cringy to me.”
“The low poly landscapes feel boring, even with high settings the edges are unsharp, the music makes you fall asleep and the textures look like a 500% zoom onto some picture.”
“The music is only ok.”
- replayability6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The game offers significant replayability through its diverse arsenal of weapons, custom landscape creation, and randomly generated terrain, although the limited environmental styles may restrict variety. Players appreciate the inclusion of voice packs and cosmetics, which enhance replay value, making it a worthwhile purchase for fans of strategy games like Worms. Overall, it is regarded as having high replay value due to multiple completion strategies.
“Nevertheless, the entertaining arsenal of weapons and the ability to create custom landscapes contribute to the game's replayability.”
“Voice packs and cosmetics from the workshop brought instant replay value.”
“If you love worms, it's a must-buy; it's a good strategy game with high replay value and different ways to complete it.”
“The terrain is randomly generated, which helps with its replayability, but the environmental styles are limited to only a few options.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game excessively tedious, with many expressing that it requires an unrealistic time commitment, likening it to needing a "second life" to complete the lengthy campaign and unlock achievements.
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
“Whoever decided that a Worms game needed a long and incredibly tedious campaign, and that most of the achievements should be tied to it, really should never be allowed to work on a Worms game again.”
- monetization4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has been criticized as a blatant cash grab, with reviewers noting a lack of meaningful improvements and the presence of advertisements for features that are not available. Many feel that the developers have taken steps backward while failing to deliver on promises to enhance the gaming experience.
“This is more like a cash grab than any improvement.”
“Nothing short of a lazy cash grab, compared to revolutions takes few steps forward and many steps backwards.”
“Not because I'm a die-hard Armageddon fan (I actually preferred Hedgewars, back when it was more active), but because these games are cash grabs that have obvious signs of Team 17 just flat out being lazy, all while promising they are listening to the community and that this game will be 'the best Worms yet.'”
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the checkpoint system to be counterproductive, as it feels more like a trap than a helpful feature, leading to frustration rather than emotional support during gameplay.
