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Worms Battlegrounds

Artillery aim and turn planning against humans under wind and crate randomness.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION5 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    5/10

    Grenade arcs and ninja-rope control reward precise aim

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    5/10

    Human opponents adapt positioning and bait retaliation

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    4/10

    Wind, crate drops and terrain destruction add chaos

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    5/10

    Weapon economy and turn order planning are solvable

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2014
Developer
Team17
Franchise
Worms
Platforms
PS4, XONE
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB critics
67/100
IGDB users
75/100
PlatformSimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)ActionComedyWarfare