Worms Blast

Cheap spinoff that's mostly just awkward

Reviewed by tpofofn on September 11, 2007  |  report this review

This game attempts to merge the puzzle action of Bubble Bobble and its clones with...rafting...and, um...bazookas. Yeah. Pure genius. Wonder who thought that up? Unfortunately, aiming is poor because shots are affected by gravity--definitely out of place in this game, where hitting the wrong block accidentally can ruin your whole strategy. Also, since you're floating in a raft, you have to occasionally paddle around back and forth to dodge falling blocks and stuff like that, which only serves to take away from the actual blocks. Oh, and there's a power bar on your bazooka, which is supposed to be for consistency with other Worms games but ends up making it really annoying to hold down the button when you shoot, for no good reason.

As for the puzzle engine itself, it's a simple falling blocks deal: blocks fall, you shoot them, matching colors to destroy them. In this case hitting the wrong color will cause its color to change. It's not exactly what anybody would call original.

You do get to unlock the concrete donkey as a playable character, which is a little funny...but it makes you wonder how he can float at all.

Anyway, bottom line, there isn't really anything interesting or exciting about this game at all.