I had best post this quick before the internet dies again! Rogers IS on the case, so it’s just wait-and-see-and-mope territory. Once it manages to be up for more than a few hours at a time and I can achieve less than 20 second lag in IRC, I’m probably even going to pay them for the ultimate level so I can have an upload that isn’t ass. I do have to give Rogers credit for one thing (and one thing only): while their download speeds vary wildly, my upload is almost always near my tier’s cap. Stunning, eh?
Since the puppy keeps me everywhere but my desk with my godly PC, I’ve had to resort to laptops for daily things. It hasn’t been going well. My tablet is ancient and slow and has a max resolution of 1024. I still love writing on it, but sometimes I want to be able to actually read things without scrolling a thousand times. You know how it is. Moving to any laptop is always a pain for those of us with multiple kick ass monitors, the 1024 was just an extra kick in the teeth. Something had to give. There’s been a macbook pro kicking around that I usually loan out to visiting people who want to tool around online. No longer! I went to an Apple Store, paid $36 for the Snow Leopard update, installed boot camp and Windows 7 and hello 1680×1050! I have to give the developers full credit for how the dual booting is handled. Once my new windows install was up and running, I used the Snow Leopard disc in Windows to install all the drivers for this quirky keyboard and its function buttons and everything worked perfectly right away. With everything up and good to go, it was time to install Steam!
I loved the original Worms. I think Worms 2 is the pinnacle of the series. I hated Worms Armageddon and didn’t buy another for ages. Armageddon added a ton of customization options, and those were peachy (yay Canadian flag), but I felt the controls and aesthetic went the wrong way. Reloaded, thankfully, feels way more like Worms 2 than Armageddon to me. I haven’t spend a great deal of quality time with it yet but I certainly hope to!
Things I loved:
Everything looks crisp and clean
Things I don’t:
Why do we have to scroll through voices and hats and options one at a time? Let me click to open up a larger selection window. This isn’t 1998.
This is one of the few times I’ve wanted cloud saves as an option since I’m rather partial to my main team. I also made the mistake of doing most of the campaign on the laptop and not my main machine. The first half of the campaign is super boring and I have no desire to do it again, despite how easy it is.
That’s it. Wish I had more to say about it so far but I’ve barely scratched the surface! I haven’t even checked to see if my beloved ice stage is back!! Now, if you’ll excuse me, the puppy needs another walk. This would be more fun if she liked walking more than 2 houses at at time. Obedience training starts in a few weeks and I’m pretty excited about it.




