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Bisset
9 Jul 2006, 06:46
How mad would that be, you choose between being a worm or a hampster and each use the same weapons and utilities but possibly add a third dimension: abilities. Hampsters can bite, worms can detach the lower half of their body and still live (like they can in real life) but in this it would be like explosive or something.

Think about it, worms was really only originally popular because of it's originality and randomness, it's lost some of that now, atleast i think it has, so this would be a new way to spice things up, add some originality and i dont know about you guys but i'd find it HILARIOUS

Paul.Power
9 Jul 2006, 08:29
1. It's hamster! Damn internet phenomena.

2. How mad would that be

Too mad. Apart from anything else, why on earth would worms and hamsters be fighting each other?

Bisset
9 Jul 2006, 11:44
1. It's hamster! Damn internet phenomena.

2.

Too mad. Apart from anything else, why on earth would worms and hamsters be fighting each other?

Why on earth would worms throw grenades at each other and shoot each other with rocket launchers? BECAUSE IT MAKES A HILARIOUS GAME!!!!

Nugget
9 Jul 2006, 12:26
Weeeeeell... I've heard worse.
It isn't such a bad idea, but when the hamsters first are there, why not add other small animals and insects. That would be great.

bonz
9 Jul 2006, 12:28
You know that this is blasphemy?

Akuryou13
9 Jul 2006, 13:23
You know that this is blasphemy?have to say I agree. not that this is a horrid idea or anything, it's just......wrong....

bonz
9 Jul 2006, 14:11
The article in Retrogamer #23 with an Andy D. interview sheds more light on the issue.

Plasma
9 Jul 2006, 17:23
worms can detach the lower half of their body and still live (like they can in real life)
Actually, most of the time the worm dies when that happens.

SupSuper
10 Jul 2006, 18:47
Why on earth would worms throw grenades at each other and shoot each other with rocket launchers? BECAUSE IT MAKES A HILARIOUS GAME!!!!Yeeeeah, that's the oldest pointless counter-argument ever. I might as well just go "They should make a worms game in SPACE, only with highly unrealistic physics and completely crazy random events. And don't say it's weird and unrealistic, because worms using weapons and battling each other is also weird and unrealistic."

Diablo vt
11 Jul 2006, 22:03
Yeeeeah, that's the oldest pointless counter-argument ever. I might as well just go "They should make a worms game in SPACE, only with highly unrealistic physics and completely crazy random events. And don't say it's weird and unrealistic, because worms using weapons and battling each other is also weird and unrealistic."


I can already imagine it.:) .

Bolton
14 Jul 2006, 01:14
My idea, Worms 5: The Planet of the Dinoworms, you follow your team of Worms to this planet and you fight Dinoworms, you discover it was earth all along, instead of saying "YOU MANIACS, YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!" you join a sing-along with the Dinoworms, like that Smipsons episode, but the worms raise up for a revolution. You can choose to play as the worms and Dino-worms.

Akuryou13
14 Jul 2006, 13:36
My idea, Worms 5: The Planet of the Dinoworms, you follow your team of Worms to this planet and you fight Dinoworms, you discover it was earth all along, instead of saying "YOU MANIACS, YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!" you join a sing-along with the Dinoworms, like that Smipsons episode, but the worms raise up for a revolution. You can choose to play as the worms and Dino-worms.ZOMG!!! BEST. IDEA. EVAR!!!111111!!1!11111!11111111111111111111111

:rolleyes:

SupSuper
14 Jul 2006, 17:30
What the heck is a dinoworm?

Plasma
14 Jul 2006, 17:44
What the heck is a dinoworm?
A worm that growls, has chopped off the head of a small dinosaur and is using it as a hat, and has gloves made from the feet of a dinosaur.

MrBunsy
14 Jul 2006, 20:27
and has gloves made from the feet of a dinosaur.
Ohhh, I thought they were oven gloves :p

Personally, I thought W4 was already pushing the whacky barrier, so I don't think it should be taken any further, but if it was done really really well it might work.

200 ponies
14 Jul 2006, 22:16
How mad would that be, you choose between being a worm or a hampster and each use the same weapons and utilities but possibly add a third dimension: abilities. Hampsters can bite, worms can detach the lower half of their body and still live (like they can in real life) but in this it would be like explosive or something.

Think about it, worms was really only originally popular because of it's originality and randomness, it's lost some of that now, atleast i think it has, so this would be a new way to spice things up, add some originality and i dont know about you guys but i'd find it HILARIOUS
dude way ott on that one

kikumbob
14 Jul 2006, 23:09
How mad would that be, you choose between being a worm or a hampster and each use the same weapons and utilities but possibly add a third dimension: abilities. Hampsters can bite, worms can detach the lower half of their body and still live (like they can in real life) but in this it would be like explosive or something.

Think about it, worms was really only originally popular because of it's originality and randomness, it's lost some of that now, atleast i think it has, so this would be a new way to spice things up, add some originality and i dont know about you guys but i'd find it HILARIOUSFantastic! Love it! Hows this for an advert for it? I think it shows how the games brilliance is put together...

Akuryou13
14 Jul 2006, 23:47
Fantastic! Love it! Hows this for an advert for it? I think it shows how the games brilliance is put together...wow! that image is a PERFECT representation of the time and effort put into the thought process behind this idea! couldn't have been done better!

Kelster23
15 Jul 2006, 02:21
Too mad. Apart from anything else, why on earth would worms and hamsters be fighting each other?
Because hamsters eat worms.

Paul.Power
15 Jul 2006, 15:00
Because hamsters eat worms.I can see someone's not kept any hamsters as pets.

BuffaloKid
15 Jul 2006, 15:13
Hamster's do sometimes eat worms. In about the same way that humans do sometimes eat horse-meat.

Plasma
15 Jul 2006, 15:33
Hamster's do sometimes eat worms. In about the same way that humans do sometimes eat horse-meat.
...and the same way some ants do sing songs and chop down banana trees.

Paul.Power
15 Jul 2006, 16:26
Hamster's do sometimes eat worms. In about the same way that humans do sometimes eat horse-meat.Hamsters live in desert environments naturally. Deserts aren't big on worms, really: not enough moisture for them.

Moles, yes (although it's still a daft idea). Birds, yes. Hamsters?

Kelster23
15 Jul 2006, 16:41
I can see someone's not kept any hamsters as pets.
Actually I have had 12... damn thing kept having babies, I think it was more than 12...
And hamsters are omnivores, so they can eat some meat.

Paul.Power
15 Jul 2006, 16:53
Actually I have had 12... damn thing kept having babies, I think it was more than 12...
And hamsters are omnivores, so they can eat some meat.But have you actually tried feeding them worms? (And if so... WHY???)

Metal Alex
16 Jul 2006, 01:26
how about if we put snails or something like that as an example? (they fit better here)

having pros and cons... snails would jump less, and be slower, but have more defence...

however, this brings new problems: if we play without being able to move, snails take advantage... and more, wich I don't think now...

so... or T17 thinks it very detailed or this WILL screw the game...

Kelster23
16 Jul 2006, 02:19
But have you actually tried feeding them worms? (And if so... WHY???)
No, I read it in a book, and my hamster ate an ant once.

Paul.Power
16 Jul 2006, 10:27
Even so, I think there are far more "common sense" enemies for Worms to have than hamsters (I know my five tended to love lettuce rather than invertebrates). I'm not even sure why the Worms need enemies. They spend enough time beating each other up as it is.

Gardy Looo
16 Jul 2006, 10:56
And no animal in their sane mind would want to eat lead. :p

kikumbob
16 Jul 2006, 16:00
And no animal in their sane mind would want to eat lead. :p Where does lead come into it??

SupSuper
16 Jul 2006, 19:33
Well, being fired at is often called "eating lead". And since this involves firing at each other...

bonz
16 Jul 2006, 20:01
Or "eating depleted uranium" if you're being fired at with a minigun.

Kelster23
16 Jul 2006, 21:58
Even so, I think there are far more "common sense" enemies for Worms to have than hamsters (I know my five tended to love lettuce rather than invertebrates). I'm not even sure why the Worms need enemies. They spend enough time beating each other up as it is.
How about slugs? Slugs are close to worms, and they're damn ugly!

maveristef
18 Jul 2006, 02:36
How about slugs? Slugs are close to worms, and they're damn ugly!

Don't forget snails.

Kelster23
18 Jul 2006, 03:20
Don't forget snails.
Shut up. I like snails better than slugs. Snails seem cuter... I don't know why.

Paul.Power
18 Jul 2006, 20:12
Shut up. I like snails better than slugs. Snails seem cuter... I don't know why.Why am I reminded of a children's book about a very intelligent slug who gets shunned by his snail colleagues?

kikumbob
18 Jul 2006, 20:17
Because you are abnormally strange. I do remember a Hungry Caterpillar book, where the pages had been industrially nibbled at, leaving holes I could poke my finger through until one day they got stuck....

bonz
18 Jul 2006, 20:27
I do remember a Hungry Caterpillar book, where the pages had been industrially nibbled at, leaving holes I could poke my finger through until one day they got stuck....
And since then you have been nibbling at the pages?

Paul.Power
18 Jul 2006, 20:30
Because you are abnormally strange. I do remember a Hungry Caterpillar book, where the pages had been industrially nibbled at, leaving holes I could poke my finger through until one day they got stuck....So do I, but this book was entirely different, being a children's novel.

I recall at one point he saves them all from a beer trap.

SupSuper
18 Jul 2006, 21:42
I wonder how do you trap beer.

"I'm an alcoholic craving for something to quench my thirst!"

Kelster23
18 Jul 2006, 23:12
I think he might've of meant 'bear' trap, because I've never heard of trapping beer...

kikumbob
19 Jul 2006, 13:10
I have. Its called guzzling. There are certain members of a certain team who do it quite often.

SupSuper
19 Jul 2006, 14:01
That poor unsuspecting beer, never knew what hit it.

Paul.Power
19 Jul 2006, 15:43
A beer trap is a device for trapping slugs and snails - they are fatally addicted to beer, and will quite happily drown themselves in it.

And they have nothing to do with bear traps.

bonz
19 Jul 2006, 18:36
A beer trap is a device for trapping slugs and snails - they are fatally addicted to beer, and will quite happily drown themselves in it.

And they have nothing to do with bear traps.
I bet you could easily trap & drown people in the Ossett area too.

SupSuper
19 Jul 2006, 19:39
Yes, let's put a beer trap in front of the Team17 HQ, wait for a while, and then go inside to look at all their top-secret-stuff-they-don't-tell-us while they're trapped.

Paul.Power
19 Jul 2006, 19:48
Would probably be a good idea to fish them out before they drown, though. Unless you fancy making the next Worms game yourself...

FutureWorm
19 Jul 2006, 20:50
We can bear to let Spadge go.

kikumbob
20 Jul 2006, 10:15
Would probably be a good idea to fish them out before they drown, though. Unless you fancy making the next Worms game yourself... Now, see, you've just implied that team17 were going to make another worms game.:eek:

Plasma
20 Jul 2006, 12:16
Now, see, you've just implied that team17 were going to make another worms game.:eek:
I think that's what most of us think will happen.

Paul.Power
22 Jul 2006, 10:53
Now, see, you've just implied that team17 were going to make another worms game.:eek:They'll probably make one eventually. As I understand it, the series is just on hold at the mo.

bonz
22 Jul 2006, 11:36
They'll probably make one eventually. As I understand it, the series is just on hold at the mo.
Most definitely. Worms is their best selling franchise.
They won't give it up.

That's if as McDonald's would stop selling BigMacs.
Or the USA quit invading other countries.

quakerworm
22 Jul 2006, 11:47
Too mad. Apart from anything else, why on earth would worms and hamsters be fighting each other?
because hamsters want to go fishing.

Paul.Power
22 Jul 2006, 21:51
because hamsters want to go fishing.Reply of the month, it has to be said XD

Fatkins
1 Aug 2006, 21:35
maybe they are waiting until the release of the ps3 and the wii to make a good 3D worms game

Plasma
1 Aug 2006, 21:42
maybe they are waiting until the release of the ps3 and the wii to make a good 3D worms game
If that were true, then they would have already started making those games. Developers dont need to wait until a console is finished before they can start making games for it.

kikumbob
1 Aug 2006, 22:34
But its almost entirely certain that once they've finished this "break" from worms they will include the new consoles in their plans.

quakerworm
2 Aug 2006, 03:58
If that were true, then they would have already started making those games. Developers dont need to wait until a console is finished before they can start making games for it.
sometimes, they do. for t17 to get the dev kits at this stage, they would have to find a publisher and commit to creating a game, if i understand it all correctly. in case of worms, it makes much more sense to wait for the systems to actually come out and see what they are capable of. in fact, in case of ps3, once the system is released, t17 coders can write the code for it without needing any contact with sony whatsoever using ps3's linux os. that would allow them to see how far the system can be pushed, and build a proof of concept engine that can be shown off to publishers.

arcticworm
23 Apr 2007, 16:50
Worms vs. Hamsters...
Think more...
Hamsters would kill worms just stomping good on them.

Plasma
23 Apr 2007, 16:55
Worms vs. Hamsters...
Think more...
Hamsters would kill worms just stomping good on them.
...and you should not have posted in a thread that's as old as this one!

Siege88
24 Apr 2007, 12:47
How's this for blasphemy then?
http://www.clickgamer.com/screenshots.htm?pid=631&section=

Danyal
24 Apr 2007, 20:50
Why on earth would worms throw grenades at each other and shoot each other with rocket launchers? BECAUSE IT MAKES A HILARIOUS GAME!!!!



HOW ON EARTH CAN WORMS EVEN MAKES WEPONS? HUH? The world may never know...

Paul.Power
26 Apr 2007, 22:30
Worms vs. Hamsters...
Think more...
Hamsters would kill worms just stomping good on them.I've kept five hamsters, and I can conclusively say they're not very good at stomping on things. Looking puzzled, yes, they're past masters at that, but they're about as stompy as a Matchbox car.

Plus a fully grown earthworm and a fully grown hamster are about the same length.

Spectre133
4 May 2007, 16:53
How mad would that be, you choose between being a worm or a hampster and each use the same weapons and utilities but possibly add a third dimension: abilities. Hampsters can bite, worms can detach the lower half of their body and still live (like they can in real life) but in this it would be like explosive or something.

OMGZ this is hte bestest idea team17 evar had!!!!!11

i'm LIKE SOOOO PSYCHED to find out how hamPsters look on the UNREALE 3 ENGINE, i bet they'll use the FUR SHADER all over the place!!!!!@

MAY I BE SO BOLD AS TO MAKE AN SGUGESTION THOUGH:

if your maeking a worms hampsters gaem why not go ALL THE WAY and also maek STRAWBERRIES
THEY WILL HAEV GLOSSY HDR UNREALE PIXAL SHADAR

but possibly add a FOURTH DIMENSION: BEING SQUASHD
fourh dimension, it's liek a TIME paradox!

so for exampul liek when a worms are squashed they BECOME TWO WORMS liek in real life rite? and hamstars become ROADKILL liek in real life and strawberries become STRAWBERRY SAUCE for ICE CREAM

HAHAHA THAT SI SO HILAROUS IT IS RADNOM LOLL RITE?

and then you coud have liek a hilarius random map level scheme liek teh FRUIT SCHEME MAP IN WORMS ARMHADEGGON, only the STAWBERRIES are PLAYABLE and you can SQSH THEM OMG!!!! SQASH THEM WITH HAMSTARZ and you can DIG THRU THE APPLES with ur WORMS liek real worms do! THIS SI AMAZANG!

however i disagree, it wouldn't be like explosive or something.

Think about it, worms was really only originally popular because of it's originality and randomness, it's lost some of that now, atleast i think it has, so this would be a new way to spice things up, add some originality and i dont know about you guys but i'd find it HILARIOUS

i agre tho, womrs was only populair bcz it wuz RANDOM liek you had grenads and bazookers IT'S SO RNADNOMM! SO HILARIOUS LOLL IT MAEKS ME CHORTLE HYSTRERICALLY JUST THINKING ABOTU IT

but seriously, it's not a very good idea, gb/2 grade school

Melon
4 May 2007, 16:58
Congratulations.

You just killed this thread.

tehceech
4 May 2007, 17:08
You seem to think this thread was worthy of a life.

Plasma
4 May 2007, 17:22
Congratulations.

You just killed this thread.
Actually, it was even worse;
He just revived this thread!

Spectre133
4 May 2007, 17:24
Actually, it was even worse;
He just revived this thread!

quite a trigger finger on the "delete thread" button you've got there
i'll keep you busy
maybe

Spectre13
4 May 2007, 17:39
do you really think this will do any good?
whatever happened to freedom of speech?

you can't keep banning me forever unless you shut down the forum for all users.

whenever i want to i'll keep coming back like a hat-induced rash.

Paul.Power
4 May 2007, 17:48
You're being an idiot.

(Gotta love that freedom of speech)

Spectre13
4 May 2007, 17:51
You're being an idiot.

(Gotta love that freedom of speech)

just be careful not to say anything negative about team17 if you want to keep your precious freedom of speech!

Paul.Power
4 May 2007, 17:55
Team 17 have made some games in the past that I consider either poor ideas, or good ideas poorly executed.

They have also made some very good games.

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Democracy isn't necessarily a good thing. Without careful checks and balances, it has another name: mob rule.

Freedom Of Speech isn't necessarily a good thing. It allows people to defend slander and libel by saying "I can say what I want" or "I'm entitled to my opinion" when it's just plain whack.

Yes, there's the slippery slope argument, but I redirect you to my point about voting with my feet. As long as the individual and the "government" can come to an agreement on what constitutes reasonable comment, there is no trouble. If it becomes unreasonable to the "government", they have the power to do as they see fit. If it becomes unreasonable to the indivual, then it's no skin off their nose if they leave.

There are plenty of forums out there with far more arbitrary and draconian admins than Team17.

thomasp
4 May 2007, 18:03
Freedom of speech doesn't exist on a privately owned forum


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