Sigh.

I honestly, honestly want to like it, want to love it, but the more I play the more disappointed I am.

I don’t know if it’s my memory or the game, but the physics don’t feel right. It feels like everything’s too heavy, or that the game’s playing out underwater, or something. It’s just slightly off, but things just don’t seem to behave as they should. The ninja rope doesn’t feel quite right, either. I don’t know if it’s me or the game, but I can’t seem to hook myself over things, it’s like the length changes a little too slowly. Thinking back, though, I don’t think I’ve ever got on with the ninja rope on any console version before.

And the selection of weapons seems ever more stingy and drab.

Why couldn’t this have been the first 150MB Live Arcade game? Packed with all the customisation and weapons we could ever want? Why couldn’t it be Ultimate Worms instead of Worms Lite?

It’s a missed opportunity and it’s a crying shame.