Worms (2010)

Worms
Information
Developer	Electronic Arts (EA)
Platforms	Java (J2ME), Android, Symbian, iPhone
Release date	2010
Release category	Third Generation
Genre	Strategy

This page is about the 2010 game. For other games with the same name, see Worms (disambiguation).

Worms, also known as Worms 2010, is a Turn-Based Artillery game in the Worms series developed by EA Games with license from Team 17 Software for J2ME enabled mobile phones, later versions for Symbian, IOS and Android were released however these differ from the J2ME version. It is the first Worms game developed by EA and is one the many Worms games made for the Java platform (With all not being developed by Team 17), thus may differ in some way from the versions done by Team 17 and can be considered as spin-offs.

The Version for other platforms other than J2ME are the first and last game of worms by EA Games before Team 17 decided to develop the games to these platforms instead.

Gameplay

Screenshot of the Java Version, game may differ due to different versions being released.

Not much is changed from the other games in the Worms series, the player can either play the game with the AI Controlled opponents or Human opponents through Pass and Play, up to 3 Teams can fight each other in the Randomly generated map. However the player can't edit their team either there are no names or the player can select a predefined team, depends of the version.

Rules

• 45 Seconds Turn Time each.
• There's no Round Time.

Single Player

Upon starting the game on campaign mode the player is prompted on a tutorial, the tutorial starts with the player learning the controls with help from the Shaolin Ant after completion of the tutorial the player can take on a series of Islands fighting enemy factions while unlocking new Weapons for use in Single and Multiplayer games (Schemes are unavailable in this version).

Multiplayer

The game can be played with up to 3 players on the same phone, the player can change the type of terrain and layout of the map (Open or Cave levels) and game types which are Normal, Shopping/Santa Claus, Insta-gib/Instant Gib and God Mode.

Achievements

Main article: Worms (2010)/Achievements

High end version also have an achievements system, which you can earn from Campaign, Quick Play or Custom Game.

Weapons & Utilities

The game features all of the traditional weapons from the Worms games, plus some exclusive new such as the Railgun and the Spartan Kick. Most of the utilities are also available, but the Girder and Ninja Rope are missing.

Weapons that return:

• Bazooka
• Grenade
• Shotgun
• Uzi
• Fire Punch
• Cluster Bomb
• Dynamite
• Homing Missile
• Sheep
• Banana Bomb
• Mine
• Holy Hand Grenade
• Baseball Bat
• Air Strike
• Super Sheep

New Weapons:

• Spartan Kick
• The Brick (Also know as the C4, only in the high end version)
• Railgun
• Ion Strike (Only in the high end version)

AI Quirks

The AI in this game:

• Prefer to use Fire Punch more than any other Weapons.
• Never use any Weapons they get from the Crate.
• Doing an unnecessary movements, just to lining up with your Worm.
• Sometimes can't make up their mind about the attack target.
• Sometimes struggle to jump out of a small hole.
• Will sometimes fire a Weapon, even if it also affected their team.
• Sometimes wasting their entire turn doing absolutely nothing.
• Sometimes Skip Go in the middle of the 2nd Shotgun Shot, despite the rules.
• May use the only Teleport they have to get close to your Worm (sometime ignoring what below them).

Trivia

• This is one of the many Worms games for Java that were not developed by Team 17.
• Worms Battle Islands and Worms 4 seem to have taken as concept the campaign mode from this game but later improved (The player battles through islands)
• Voices are missing in the Java version due to limits of the platform, worms make only simple sounds like jumping which are from the English voice bank, also texts are used to simulate the voices such as when a worm falls in the water and more.