I didn't want to have to not recommend this game.

When I initially saw the trailers for Worms Rumble, I thought, "Ooh, this is a fun twist on the original concept." I figured it was different enough from your typical battle royale to stand out a little more. I even decided to preorder the game, because I genuinely love the Worms series, and Team17 has put out a lot of games I enjoy.

Do I enjoy playing Worms Rumble? Yes, absolutely. But can I recommend it to anyone? No, not at the stage it's in. I hadn't played for a while, so I hopped on today to do a few deathmatches. First time I tried to get into a game, I waited a few minutes before cancelling and trying again. This has been an issue in the past that I've noticed. Then when I finally did get into the game, I seemed to be playing with a lot of the same people. Each match was dominated, of course, by a few diehard, level 50 players.

This game is slowly sinking, and the devs don't seem too keen on doing anything about it. It's been, what, half a year since we got any sort of update or event? The rewards system is, ironically, unrewarding. And frankly, I'm not terribly interested in investing time into a game that's gonna eventually go offline once there's no profit to be made from it. Once that happens, all our time and money will have been for nothing.

So yeah, go play Worms WMD instead.

I didn't want to have to not recommend this game. When I initially saw the trailers for Worms Rumble, I thought, "Ooh, this is a fun twist on the original concept." I figured it was different enough from your typical battle royale to stand out a little more. I even decided to preorder the game, because I genuinely love the Worms series, and Team17 has put out a lot of games I enjoy. Do I enjoy playing Worms Rumble? Yes, absolutely. But can I recommend it to anyone? No, not at the stage it's in. I hadn't played for a while, so I hopped on today to do a few deathmatches. First time I tried to get into a game, I waited a few minutes before cancelling and trying again. This has been an issue in the past that I've noticed. Then when I finally did get into the game, I seemed to be playing with a lot of the same people. Each match was dominated, of course, by a few diehard, level 50 players. This game is slowly sinking, and the devs don't seem too keen on doing anything about it. It's been, what, half a year since we got any sort of update or event? The rewards system is, ironically, unrewarding. And frankly, I'm not terribly interested in investing time into a game that's gonna eventually go offline once there's no profit to be made from it. Once that happens, all our time and money will have been for nothing. So yeah, go play Worms WMD instead.