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Worms: A Space Oddity

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1365: 366:... was drastically hurt by a sloppy control method, but that is entirely not the case this time around", and 1UP.com commenting that "the Wii motion controls are initially as friendly as a Rancor beast, but they're just as easily conquered", and "after a few Wiimote stabs, swings, and pumps, you'll probably never want to go back to traditional button-pressing controls". 188: 219:
The game is set in space itself, with the usual arsenal of weapons being updated to suit. There are 6 themes included, namely Cavernia, Tenticlia, Frostal, Kaputzol, Mechanopolis and Earth. The worms are customizable in terms of skin color and helmet style, as in
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was announced with plans to utilize a Wi-Fi connection and feature downloadable content. Team17 later scrapped the idea of network play, with the publisher stating that it would be better if the players were able to taunt each other and play face-to-face.
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uses gesture based controls which allow players to launch various attacks. The game is rendered in 2D. The name is a reference to both
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received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to
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Gameplay is very similar to previous versions in the
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Developer(s)
Team17
Publisher(s)
THQ
Worms
Platform(s)
Wii
NA
AU
EU
Genre(s)
Artillery
Strategy
Single-player
multiplayer
artillery
tactical video game
Team17
THQ
Wii

2001: A Space Odyssey
David Bowie
Space Oddity
Worms: Open Warfare 2
Metacritic
1Up.com
Eurogamer
G4

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