My entire knowledge of Worms 3D comes from this channel. Yellow could tell me it turns into a survival horror game halfway through and I'd just have to take their word for it
I think Placeholder would be a lot better if, instead of an earthquake, a giant meteor was coming down. And maybe you have 4 worms with varying abilities that let them hide in different places around the castl-i mean lighthouse (love the vids as always miss yellow
Through this series you are probably providing the most in-depth analysis that this piece of media will ever receive from humanity and I think there’s something oddly beautiful about that
I absolutely love that you just make the content that you personally find interesting and want to talk about. It's the most genuine channel I've seen in a long time.
okay highkey literally every time you switch to the facecam I'm like "holy shit they're distractingly pretty" your hair looks INCREDIBLE also a fun vid, made my day when I saw you uploaded! needed something nice and mellow today.
if only I could put into words the joy I feel knowing I get to listen to you talk enthusiastically about wroms 3d for over an hour. the prose required for such a feat would be studied for generations. this video, to me, has nutritional value.
Yellow is a master of talking about things I though I didn’t care about and then making them my personalities’ flavor of the week Also now I want a ranking of every Lego piece type ever
Was literally rewatching the Red Supercut while working on a script. A new Big Yellow (Silly) video is always a treat! Edit: I also do the Schaffrillas thing in my videos. Coming up with a fitting sound byte for each segment is super fun and adds a lot of extra spice to editing.
Yeah, I don’t watch Schaffrillas enough to associate that style with him, but it’s a good idea and something you do masterfully. As did Yellow I think; as someone not familiar with Worms 3D, I had a lot of fun hearing the bites and getting a second to wonder how the mission name was relevant. Regular Pat does this too, occasionally with a different spin on it. Namely his “Ranking Every Day in 358/2 Days” and “Ranking Every KH Minigame” videos, where every transition soundbyte was a KH line involving the words “ice cream” and “game” respectively.
"Worms 3D is not the kind of game you stay up til 4am playing..." I distinctly remember pulling an all-nighter with my brother and his friend playing worms growing up, so I guess I'm the exception
You really are my number one comfort channel. I first found your videos on a snowy night at 3am, back when Fighting Types in RBY was new. Since then, your videos have felt like home to me. :) Thanks so much for all the hard work and genuinely great vibes, Yellow. Hands down best channel on the platform imo.
I never played Worms 3D. When I was a kid it was all about Armageddon and World Party; despite enjoying them a lot I never played Worms 3D because I blindly believed some negative press I'd heard. You've made me want to rectify that. This looks fun as heck.
2:51 that's me !! I'm here to listen to you talking about anything, because you talk good I guess ? Most of the time I don't have any attachement to what your talking about but I'll come along for the ride because you're fun to listen to. Started watching you with your smash bros vids, slowly took interest for your FGC vids even though smash is my only fighting game, and in a matter of months I was hooked and could watch pretty much anything from you haha. But I have to say, your Lego content was both unexpected and also my favorite from you, it was very fun to realise you too are quite fond of the brick after watching you for almost a year lol
I was obsessed with the Leek in a Vegetable Patch map when I was a kid for some reason. I just thought the idea of the worms in an actual garden was so cool to me, I used to fire punch the veggies to simulate the worms eating them lmao
I was a huge sucker for the gimmicks when I played this game as a kid, but that computer was my mortal enemy. This video gives me Big Nostalgia. Thank you for making these!
I find that the strongest missions in the game are the ones that take the advantage of the game being in 3D. The best missions are the ones that don't seem limited in options or the ones that require more platforming and exploration. Even ideas such as Stealth couldn't really be utilized in the 2D games. It's also worth noting that the best missions actually give you a wider variety of tools so that you can't always rely on the Bazooka...or the oddly OP Prod (due to most of the maps designed to make it very easy to knock enemy worms into the water.) The execution could definitely be better but they're strong ideas at the very least. Shopper missions for instance are intrinsically more satisfying in 3D because you actually have a wider terrain to explore and thus more options in how to complete it. Not to mention, you actually have to think about the order you do tasks from collecting crates, killing the enemy worm and how to best maneuver about the terrain. The best missions also have you actually think about which enemy worm is going to have a turn next and use that to your advantage. The worst missions are the ones where you're railroaded into one simple linear goal with little to no variation and not much in the way of strategy. In 2D, you can get away with a basic death match but the 3D games have to go a little more beyond that to really stand out.
This video is a fantastic study on level design. Worms 3D is my first game I had on a PC (for which I had to wait relatively, so obviously nostalgia has fogged over my memories of it. But after your analysis I can suddenly very clearly see (from a level designer perspective) the execution is all over the place. Some missions are cleverly put together, and focus on one or two aspects at once, like: - terrain to tell a story/progress the match, like "D-Day"/"A Leek in a Vegetable Patch" - removing deep water, so you have to find new ways of dealing with enemies - 1v7 to manage hiding spots and chip damage Then there are ideas that seem forced into the game engine that end up being not articulated very well, but were leniently approved anyway. There's an attempt to diversify the campaign with platforming/story-telling/crafty missions, so it's not a string of only deathmatches. Although it's interesting that it seems more missions that strayed away from the classic deathmatch format tend to do poorly here. Sometimes they want to showcase a cool mechanic and built a mission around it. Like in 27th - the idea is cool af, but I can see a discussion going like "We could punish the player for property damage, but then it may be too difficult to take out some of these mines, so let's leave it like that" Sometimes the "plot" takes precedence, but game mechanics are not enough (in some cases even with additional scripting) for the mission. Like in 31st - while the idea of restoring circuits is neat, placing mines in very precise spots on top of the usual worms mayhem does not pair well and feels convoluted Or like in 30th - it's unintentional padding in light of jet pack challenges Sometimes it's not exploring the idea/stage well enough. Like in 20th - a partial/full stealth option would be awesome to have Or like in 15th - it's either unoptimized equipment, or npc's indirectly invalidating potential hiding spots Or like in 34th - just a funny path to traverse. While there's a different type of pressure in water raising in real time, turns out this gimmick isn't that interesting just by itself to justify giving it an entire platforming level. Not even a filler episode. And then there's just some level/game design hiccups. The 35th ranking's main sin may be its linearity, there's nothing for the player to figure out. It's more of a game/level design problem, rather than the game's itself. No fanfare for finishing the campaign. Although, putting gamedev aside, I'm willing to believe all of this is meant for children's imagination, who will look at all of these as just fun little adventures, no matter how flawed or bland they get. You get to traverse hell, raid some graves, be parachuter, survive an earthquake, escape punishment for trying a ride and not paying for it, shoot some aliens and go to Valhalla, repair a computer, rescue a pirate and have a brawl in the kitchen. Given that we are discussing this in such detail today, I'd say that it worked wonderfully.
Ragnarok n Roll being a fantastic, really challenging penultimate mission followed by a rather underwhelming final challenge reminds me of Doom 2, which ends with MAP29 "The Living End", an excellent gauntlet mission putting everything you know about Doom to the test... followed by the Icon Of Sin, Doom 2's only proper boss fight. It's really more annoying than actually difficult, requiring weirdly precise timing of rocket launchers on an elevator (unless you cheat with vertical aim in modern ports, which i wouldn't blame you for tbh) while completely random enemies harass you.
unironically its just so nice to listem to you talk about things you like, so generic youtube video ideas are higjly appreicated you always make the day a little better
I only realised that this was a new upload upon seeing it just now in my sub box, i was so sure it was an older video that i had already watched and just forgotten when i started watching it yesterday
watching you do the preliminary streams for this list (I'm SerialDoodler on Twitch btw, older username from an older time) was one of the most fun and chill experiences I've ever had in a Twitch stream, long live The Rats 💛 (edit) 45:48 oh god I remember seeing this on stream, that was SUCH bullshit and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bug lmao
Me and my siblings had both Worms 3D games for the OG Xbox and always had so much fun customizing our worms, battling each other, and using cheat codes.🎮
I've played Worms 3D recently and I generally agree that it's an absolutely charming game that I personally feel has enough of its own identity and spark that I don't think Ultimate Mayhem's version of the campaign captures. I really need to play through more of the campaign again (I think I ended up stopping at A Quick Fix, which for me is the very bottom despite liking the level's aesthetics.) I vaguely recall liking a lot of your top choices! Something I've noticed is that the best missions are the ones that rely less on it being a full on gimmick, and use them in smaller ways to add a level of challenge too the battle, e.g. the water rising every 4 turns or 1 Vs Many challenges. I respect why they used gimmicks the way they did, mostly because Death Matches exist for full Worm Combat, but because it's their first real stab at a 3D title, they had to play it a bit safe. I think they ended up looking at some of the best missions from 3D for Worms 4 Mayhem's campaign, as a lot of those are more task-based like some of your top picks. Ghost Hill Graveyard from 4 Mayhem is like if you combined the 1 Vs 7 idea from Ragnarok And Roll and the Zombie Worm Spawning from High Stakes. What did you end up thinking of Worms 4 Mayhem's/Worms Ultimate Mayhem's campaign? Excellent video!
Doubt the girder should have either. As someone who hasn’t played this, I was utterly baffled during his mission explanation as to what exactly Worms 3D thinks earthquakes are.
As a kid in 2003 with me being barely 14 with limited english knowledge, sometimes I didn't even know what I had to do. Plaice Holder seems simple enough, but I literally didn't know what I was supposed to do after a while. I know I sound stupid, but I just couldn't figure out how to get to the tower's top. I've wasted so much time here I'm ashamed to admit. But I managed to beat the campaign after a long while and I felt satisfied. Though, as you mentioned, no cutscenes or anything after the last mission felt meh. I absolutely agree with your number 1 pick. It's a beautiful and challenging map and it took me quite a few tries to beat it. It's also the map we used to play locally with my friends the most. I have such fond memories playing this game! I still have my original phydical copy in a decent condition.
I've never played a Worms game and have no interest in doing so, and have never seen any videos on it beyond yours. But seeing this thumbnail pop up still got an excited reaction out of me for getting to listen to you talk about something you really like for a long time.
Hearing Foetus - Mandelay at 32:30 genuenly felt like a "neuron activation" moment for me. Also realy great video, used to play this game with my cousins when i was little
Can't watch the video right now, but I was just waiting to have a good oportunity to say the new channel icon is amazing. I will eagerly wait for the "discontinued LEGO colors iceberg" video
You know, I played Worms 3D like crazy as a kid and I have amazing memories associated with it! This game is incredibly charming, corny in a good way and it's just a vibe. I also think that the worms' design has never been topped, Mayhem's one was just too goofy and stupid imo. 3D had that perfect balance. So, it's hard to put it as a con, as it's a game designed for kids, but as an adult it's kinda a shame that the missions are in general VERY easy and the campaign just doesn't do as much as it could. I remember that you said once that after completing the game one has tendencies to invent own challenges, start optimizing the missions and so on just to feel something new. I think that's because it's just such a great game and it just leaves you wanting much more from it. The campaign could do much more. For example, there are so much missions where you just have a bazooka, maybe grenades and not much else. I wish there were missions that focused on very specific subsets of weapons to encourage you to use 'em. One idea would be a mission similar to that Armageddon Lab one where you had to poison enemies or something. The mission could focus on obtaining blowguns and gas grenades to poison enemies whom attacks you'd have to endure, maybe by hiding or using some utilities, waiting for their health to dwindle and only then being able to finish them off. It could be fun, maybe it would be cool if you could gas multiple enemies at the same time, ya know! Or, a level like Costa Del Danger. The mechanic of launching the mines with a baseball bat is actually really satisfying and I actually like that mission, it's a nice relaxing one. However, imagine how cool it could have been if the plot was changed slightly: An evil gang of enemy worms are placing mines all over the hotel's property and your task is to both get rid of the mines and the evil pranksters. They could be situated in some external islands or boats just like in Hook, Line and Skimmer and your task would be to launch mines into them to kill them. To make it easier it could include a mechanic like in Hook, Line and Skimmer where you just have to hit the general area and it all explodes. It would be so cool! And yeah, it should have contain "no property damage" as a requirement imo. On top of all that, I wish the campaign was just longer and contained much more difficult levels at the end. I really wish there were more missions like Ragnarok or Beefcake, which forces you to actually think your moves through and create strategy. In a lot of cases you can just go through the level without thinking much. I know it's for kids, but that could have been remedied by including some sort of hard mode, it wouldn't be much work tbh, minimally it could have been done by giving enemies more HP, better AI, limiting your time, weapons and so on. I really wish they did something like that! I know the ninja rope kinda sucks in this game as it didn't translate well from the 2D versions but still I wish there was some mission with a platforming aspect incorporating it into the gameplay. There are just a lot of items that are just basically never used like holy hand grenade, sticky bomb, gas, blowgun, the pigeon, cows, granny, red bull, speed booster, mortar, battle axe, uzi, banana bomb, this stuff is cumulatively almost 100% unused in the entire campaign and that sucks imo. Instead in most mission the devs were like "have bazooka, have fun". Like, it works but much more could be done with this arsenal. Also, cluster bomb is ass but there was a lot of potential for it to be included in missions as a way to cause some collateral damage, maybe you'd have to kill a lot of enemies but each had low health and so on. If you think about it, you can really pull awesome ideas for mission outta ya ass. And therefore I wish they did more to this game, not because it's bad, but because I actually like it so much that it leaves me wanting much more! :D I agree with you that Ragnarok is the only exceptional, actually genius mission in the game. I wish, WISH it wasn't the only one like this. The game has potential for creating intricate strategic missions, shame it went mostly with very simple ones. It's the moment when you criticize the game not for it does wrong but for what it doesn't do having the potential.
Ah yes a new hour long video I will rewatch a thousand times thank you yellow :)… yellow can talk about anything and I’d be interested enough to see it through. Also helps that couple of the videos are in a playlist I use to go to sleep listening to, really like the gen 1 discussion videos
It is really telling that the only 2 deathmatch style missions in the bottom 10 is one where you can be randomly screwed over, and one where you even admitted it could be higher. Just let us blow up dudes with a different coloured name plate!
How did they miss putting a mission referencing Ragnarök, the end of a world, at the end of the campaign and put it right before the end? Impressive flub honestly
The only worms game I even remembered playing as a kid Was Worms 2: Armageddon. Even then, I was literally just fucking around on training mode and just satisfying my psychotic kid brain.
I entirely get the love for the aesthetic of costa del danger. I have a weirdly specific affinity for pools and hotels in video games and even just watching it scratched that itch
a quick fix was the bane of my existence as a kid, as much as i love worms 3d with all my heart that mission can rot in hell and is the reason why it took me a while to finish the game
I feel like the true goal of A Quick Fix would be fun in a different game. Or at the very least, I’ve seen similar rooms in Metroid Prime and Xenosaga Episode II that were at least more fun than this. Doesn’t really gel with Worms gameplay, though.
It was correct of you to assume that I wouldn't judge your rankings on this silly wormy game's missions. I hold my innermost rage for those that judge Worms Open Warfare on PSP baby!
I got stuck on "A quick fix" too when I was a kid. The mines always failed to connect when I was dropping them on the pins...thought that mission was simply broken
6:16 If I had a nickel for every glitch in Worms 3D I knew where the devs forgot that the Function Keys select weapons, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. The other nickel being for shooting a shotgun under yourself and picking a weapon to keep it while it's not your turn anymore
A 60+ minute video where an Irish enby talks at length about a game I have never played? Hell yeah sign me the fuck up
Top 10s and Icebergs from you would be the best top 10s and icebergs, guaranteed. Where's my "top 10 obscure lego colors" or "the pokemon ZU iceberg"?
Top 10 FUNNIEST Mid-2000s Lego FAILS (You will be indifferent to number 4!)
Please rank every lego shade I beg you
I'm all in on whatever the fuck they upload
Can't wait for Galidor to be at Spot #1
Top 10 Lego color Theme team icebergs in Gen 3 UUbers
My entire knowledge of Worms 3D comes from this channel. Yellow could tell me it turns into a survival horror game halfway through and I'd just have to take their word for it
I think Placeholder would be a lot better if, instead of an earthquake, a giant meteor was coming down. And maybe you have 4 worms with varying abilities that let them hide in different places around the castl-i mean lighthouse (love the vids as always miss yellow
And perhaps the meteor also instantly kills worms that picked a bad place to hide but aside from that leaves the terrain unaffected
@@ultimapower6950 And maybe makes them glow in the dark
If only Armageddon (the weapon) was in this game
she's giving us the worms 3d content we dont deserve but always needed so honorable
If I don't tell you the mission where you collect 6 crates over the course of 4 minutes is boring who will
I've only heard of this game thru you and you make it so damn engaging, you go girl!
I’m so happy that other people are doing the Schaffrillas ranking thing. The half second of trying to guess what’s next is always fun.
The fact that you've named yourself "Ronan" and your team "the Rats" is delightful to me.
Through this series you are probably providing the most in-depth analysis that this piece of media will ever receive from humanity and I think there’s something oddly beautiful about that
I absolutely love that you just make the content that you personally find interesting and want to talk about. It's the most genuine channel I've seen in a long time.
okay highkey literally every time you switch to the facecam I'm like "holy shit they're distractingly pretty" your hair looks INCREDIBLE
also a fun vid, made my day when I saw you uploaded! needed something nice and mellow today.
I really liked this game as a kid, mostly because I was obsessed with composer Bjorn Lynne. Neat to see someone talking about it!
This game has incredibly nice music for no reason it's great
if only I could put into words the joy I feel knowing I get to listen to you talk enthusiastically about wroms 3d for over an hour. the prose required for such a feat would be studied for generations. this video, to me, has nutritional value.
Yellow is a master of talking about things I though I didn’t care about and then making them my personalities’ flavor of the week
Also now I want a ranking of every Lego piece type ever
Yes so much. We need more lego content.
A 1 hour video of big yellow infodumping? Splendid.
Was literally rewatching the Red Supercut while working on a script. A new Big Yellow (Silly) video is always a treat!
Edit: I also do the Schaffrillas thing in my videos. Coming up with a fitting sound byte for each segment is super fun and adds a lot of extra spice to editing.
Yeah, I don’t watch Schaffrillas enough to associate that style with him, but it’s a good idea and something you do masterfully. As did Yellow I think; as someone not familiar with Worms 3D, I had a lot of fun hearing the bites and getting a second to wonder how the mission name was relevant.
Regular Pat does this too, occasionally with a different spin on it. Namely his “Ranking Every Day in 358/2 Days” and “Ranking Every KH Minigame” videos, where every transition soundbyte was a KH line involving the words “ice cream” and “game” respectively.
Thank you for feeding my brainworms, Big Yellow.
Big yellow is the only RUclipsr who can consistently release videos about shit I will never care about and I'll watch every second of it
"Worms 3D is not the kind of game you stay up til 4am playing..."
I distinctly remember pulling an all-nighter with my brother and his friend playing worms growing up, so I guess I'm the exception
Night well spent tbh that's badass
You really are my number one comfort channel. I first found your videos on a snowy night at 3am, back when Fighting Types in RBY was new. Since then, your videos have felt like home to me. :) Thanks so much for all the hard work and genuinely great vibes, Yellow. Hands down best channel on the platform imo.
I don't know how much of this is the Phoenix Wright music but this just felt super wholesome, cute as hell.
Ty I've snuck a dangerous amount of Ace Attorney music in my vids I am obsessed with the series
I never played Worms 3D. When I was a kid it was all about Armageddon and World Party; despite enjoying them a lot I never played Worms 3D because I blindly believed some negative press I'd heard. You've made me want to rectify that. This looks fun as heck.
Let's go the Worms 3D renaissance is upon us
You're only person I've seen who has ever mentioned this game. Honestly now I kinda wanna play it.
Big yellow could save us all some time and do his top 10 favorite icebergs
2:51 that's me !! I'm here to listen to you talking about anything, because you talk good I guess ? Most of the time I don't have any attachement to what your talking about but I'll come along for the ride because you're fun to listen to. Started watching you with your smash bros vids, slowly took interest for your FGC vids even though smash is my only fighting game, and in a matter of months I was hooked and could watch pretty much anything from you haha. But I have to say, your Lego content was both unexpected and also my favorite from you, it was very fun to realise you too are quite fond of the brick after watching you for almost a year lol
I think the worm on the bucket is suppose to represent that worm trying to remove the water from the ship 😂
OK I'll give them a pass then they're doing a great job
Plaice Holder could've been improved if you had to hide from a meteor strike instead of an earthquake 😎
I was obsessed with the Leek in a Vegetable Patch map when I was a kid for some reason. I just thought the idea of the worms in an actual garden was so cool to me, I used to fire punch the veggies to simulate the worms eating them lmao
I was a huge sucker for the gimmicks when I played this game as a kid, but that computer was my mortal enemy.
This video gives me Big Nostalgia. Thank you for making these!
I find that the strongest missions in the game are the ones that take the advantage of the game being in 3D.
The best missions are the ones that don't seem limited in options or the ones that require more platforming and exploration. Even ideas such as Stealth couldn't really be utilized in the 2D games. It's also worth noting that the best missions actually give you a wider variety of tools so that you can't always rely on the Bazooka...or the oddly OP Prod (due to most of the maps designed to make it very easy to knock enemy worms into the water.) The execution could definitely be better but they're strong ideas at the very least.
Shopper missions for instance are intrinsically more satisfying in 3D because you actually have a wider terrain to explore and thus more options in how to complete it. Not to mention, you actually have to think about the order you do tasks from collecting crates, killing the enemy worm and how to best maneuver about the terrain. The best missions also have you actually think about which enemy worm is going to have a turn next and use that to your advantage.
The worst missions are the ones where you're railroaded into one simple linear goal with little to no variation and not much in the way of strategy. In 2D, you can get away with a basic death match but the 3D games have to go a little more beyond that to really stand out.
Instead of Worms 3D I read Woman 3D and I went, "Yeah, no surprise."
I wonder what the 35th worst mission in Woman 3D is
@@BigYellowSilly "That time of the month"
Despite having never played a Worms game ever, I keep coming back to the unplayable in multiplayer & Clear Trophy videos, so this one's a treat to see
Using this as background noise while I assemble a dual-monitor desk mount
There's nothing else I'd rather be truly
51:31 I played this mission so many times times and just now i learned it respawns your worms as zombies!
the internet is in dire need of worms content. us wormlings thank you
This video is a fantastic study on level design.
Worms 3D is my first game I had on a PC (for which I had to wait relatively, so obviously nostalgia has fogged over my memories of it.
But after your analysis I can suddenly very clearly see (from a level designer perspective) the execution is all over the place.
Some missions are cleverly put together, and focus on one or two aspects at once, like:
- terrain to tell a story/progress the match, like "D-Day"/"A Leek in a Vegetable Patch"
- removing deep water, so you have to find new ways of dealing with enemies
- 1v7 to manage hiding spots and chip damage
Then there are ideas that seem forced into the game engine that end up being not articulated very well, but were leniently approved anyway.
There's an attempt to diversify the campaign with platforming/story-telling/crafty missions, so it's not a string of only deathmatches.
Although it's interesting that it seems more missions that strayed away from the classic deathmatch format tend to do poorly here.
Sometimes they want to showcase a cool mechanic and built a mission around it.
Like in 27th - the idea is cool af, but I can see a discussion going like "We could punish the player for property damage, but then it may be too difficult to take out some of these mines, so let's leave it like that"
Sometimes the "plot" takes precedence, but game mechanics are not enough (in some cases even with additional scripting) for the mission.
Like in 31st - while the idea of restoring circuits is neat, placing mines in very precise spots on top of the usual worms mayhem does not pair well and feels convoluted
Or like in 30th - it's unintentional padding in light of jet pack challenges
Sometimes it's not exploring the idea/stage well enough.
Like in 20th - a partial/full stealth option would be awesome to have
Or like in 15th - it's either unoptimized equipment, or npc's indirectly invalidating potential hiding spots
Or like in 34th - just a funny path to traverse. While there's a different type of pressure in water raising in real time, turns out this gimmick isn't that interesting just by itself to justify giving it an entire platforming level. Not even a filler episode.
And then there's just some level/game design hiccups.
The 35th ranking's main sin may be its linearity, there's nothing for the player to figure out. It's more of a game/level design problem, rather than the game's itself.
No fanfare for finishing the campaign.
Although, putting gamedev aside, I'm willing to believe all of this is meant for children's imagination, who will look at all of these as just fun little adventures, no matter how flawed or bland they get.
You get to traverse hell, raid some graves, be parachuter, survive an earthquake, escape punishment for trying a ride and not paying for it, shoot some aliens and go to Valhalla, repair a computer, rescue a pirate and have a brawl in the kitchen.
Given that we are discussing this in such detail today, I'd say that it worked wonderfully.
Okay the way you jumped into the cup at 1:04:55 makes this map an instant banger
OVER AN HOUR OF BIG YELLOW WORMS CONTENT I AM HERE FOR IT
"...you just dont have any attachment to Worms3D and you're just here to listen to me talk about anything..."
Damn she's self-aware
Ragnarok n Roll being a fantastic, really challenging penultimate mission followed by a rather underwhelming final challenge reminds me of Doom 2, which ends with MAP29 "The Living End", an excellent gauntlet mission putting everything you know about Doom to the test... followed by the Icon Of Sin, Doom 2's only proper boss fight.
It's really more annoying than actually difficult, requiring weirdly precise timing of rocket launchers on an elevator (unless you cheat with vertical aim in modern ports, which i wouldn't blame you for tbh) while completely random enemies harass you.
Just realized your lighting is so fitting, it's like, it's like yellow, like big yellow, like the name, that's so good. good job monarch! 👍👍👍
37:41 Honestly for me, the good vibes of the map come from it reminding me of the Kashyyyk level in OG Lego Star Wars/Complete saga; pretty nostalgic!
unironically its just so nice to listem to you talk about things you like, so generic youtube video ideas are higjly appreicated you always make the day a little better
Cant wait for "Top 10 Icebergs" where you go over the entire iceberg chart to explain why you ranked it how you did.
(would watch)
I only realised that this was a new upload upon seeing it just now in my sub box, i was so sure it was an older video that i had already watched and just forgotten when i started watching it yesterday
so glad to find a fellow worms enjoyer, nobody else seems to talk about it these days and that's a damn shame.
watching you do the preliminary streams for this list (I'm SerialDoodler on Twitch btw, older username from an older time) was one of the most fun and chill experiences I've ever had in a Twitch stream, long live The Rats 💛
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45:48 oh god I remember seeing this on stream, that was SUCH bullshit and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bug lmao
3:20 I legitimately had a spit take from that joke. Bravo Yellow
Back to Big Yellow's Worms 3D addiction. We all need something like it.
3:27 I mean, you're not wrong.
Me and my siblings had both Worms 3D games for the OG Xbox and always had so much fun customizing our worms, battling each other, and using cheat codes.🎮
schaffrilas mentioned in a big yellow video??? hell yeah thats why im subbed to this channel!! keep up the good work big yellow!!!!
my favorite part was when Big Yellow said "let's worm!" and wormed all over the place. truly inspiring
its Wormin Time
This is a very cool, well-made video. I really like the number transitions
I've played Worms 3D recently and I generally agree that it's an absolutely charming game that I personally feel has enough of its own identity and spark that I don't think Ultimate Mayhem's version of the campaign captures.
I really need to play through more of the campaign again (I think I ended up stopping at A Quick Fix, which for me is the very bottom despite liking the level's aesthetics.) I vaguely recall liking a lot of your top choices!
Something I've noticed is that the best missions are the ones that rely less on it being a full on gimmick, and use them in smaller ways to add a level of challenge too the battle, e.g. the water rising every 4 turns or 1 Vs Many challenges.
I respect why they used gimmicks the way they did, mostly because Death Matches exist for full Worm Combat, but because it's their first real stab at a 3D title, they had to play it a bit safe.
I think they ended up looking at some of the best missions from 3D for Worms 4 Mayhem's campaign, as a lot of those are more task-based like some of your top picks. Ghost Hill Graveyard from 4 Mayhem is like if you combined the 1 Vs 7 idea from Ragnarok And Roll and the Zombie Worm Spawning from High Stakes.
What did you end up thinking of Worms 4 Mayhem's/Worms Ultimate Mayhem's campaign?
Excellent video!
I've been really excited for this video since you mentioned it on stream
I heard The Circle for Crop Circle and had to do a legitimate double take to make sure my Spotify randomly didn't start playing my main playlist
5:44 Realistically, that lighthouse should *not* have saved you from the Earthquake Residue
Doubt the girder should have either. As someone who hasn’t played this, I was utterly baffled during his mission explanation as to what exactly Worms 3D thinks earthquakes are.
new big yellow video opener just dropped:
"Enough wormin' around, let's get into it"
As a kid in 2003 with me being barely 14 with limited english knowledge, sometimes I didn't even know what I had to do. Plaice Holder seems simple enough, but I literally didn't know what I was supposed to do after a while. I know I sound stupid, but I just couldn't figure out how to get to the tower's top. I've wasted so much time here I'm ashamed to admit. But I managed to beat the campaign after a long while and I felt satisfied. Though, as you mentioned, no cutscenes or anything after the last mission felt meh. I absolutely agree with your number 1 pick. It's a beautiful and challenging map and it took me quite a few tries to beat it. It's also the map we used to play locally with my friends the most. I have such fond memories playing this game! I still have my original phydical copy in a decent condition.
I've never played a Worms game and have no interest in doing so, and have never seen any videos on it beyond yours. But seeing this thumbnail pop up still got an excited reaction out of me for getting to listen to you talk about something you really like for a long time.
This type of video is great, always love the interesting stuff about obscure games!
Hearing Foetus - Mandelay at 32:30 genuenly felt like a "neuron activation" moment for me. Also realy great video, used to play this game with my cousins when i was little
Seriously appreciate the 3D worms content, this game is a strange part of my teens grabbing it out of a discount bin
21:38 the Irish weather come in for some *mood* lighting like nothing else
Another hour long video about a game I have never played, they just keep uploading bangers
Next video will be 4 hours of pure raw worm footage wiggling around
My childhood has been validated thanks to the recent worms love, thanks for this
Cool to see worms getting some extra love on the channel. But like where are the ongoing insanaquarium vids?
I really would like to do another Insaniquarium vid but I genuinely don't know what I'd talk about, I wish there was just more Insaniquarium
top 10 yellow falls over moments (number 4 will SCARE you)
Sucks that this video ain't doing so hot because this is one of your very best
Never ever stop talking about this. I miss this game soooo much.
A big yellow video about an obscure thing that isn't readily accessible a day keeps the boredom at bay!
Love the Caddy sound clip you used for number 25 and the Super Ghostbuster clip for number 17
Well, I was definitely not expecting to hear Super Ghostbusters in a Big Yellow video
Can't watch the video right now, but I was just waiting to have a good oportunity to say the new channel icon is amazing. I will eagerly wait for the "discontinued LEGO colors iceberg" video
You know, I played Worms 3D like crazy as a kid and I have amazing memories associated with it! This game is incredibly charming, corny in a good way and it's just a vibe. I also think that the worms' design has never been topped, Mayhem's one was just too goofy and stupid imo. 3D had that perfect balance. So, it's hard to put it as a con, as it's a game designed for kids, but as an adult it's kinda a shame that the missions are in general VERY easy and the campaign just doesn't do as much as it could. I remember that you said once that after completing the game one has tendencies to invent own challenges, start optimizing the missions and so on just to feel something new. I think that's because it's just such a great game and it just leaves you wanting much more from it. The campaign could do much more.
For example, there are so much missions where you just have a bazooka, maybe grenades and not much else. I wish there were missions that focused on very specific subsets of weapons to encourage you to use 'em. One idea would be a mission similar to that Armageddon Lab one where you had to poison enemies or something. The mission could focus on obtaining blowguns and gas grenades to poison enemies whom attacks you'd have to endure, maybe by hiding or using some utilities, waiting for their health to dwindle and only then being able to finish them off. It could be fun, maybe it would be cool if you could gas multiple enemies at the same time, ya know!
Or, a level like Costa Del Danger. The mechanic of launching the mines with a baseball bat is actually really satisfying and I actually like that mission, it's a nice relaxing one. However, imagine how cool it could have been if the plot was changed slightly: An evil gang of enemy worms are placing mines all over the hotel's property and your task is to both get rid of the mines and the evil pranksters. They could be situated in some external islands or boats just like in Hook, Line and Skimmer and your task would be to launch mines into them to kill them. To make it easier it could include a mechanic like in Hook, Line and Skimmer where you just have to hit the general area and it all explodes. It would be so cool! And yeah, it should have contain "no property damage" as a requirement imo.
On top of all that, I wish the campaign was just longer and contained much more difficult levels at the end. I really wish there were more missions like Ragnarok or Beefcake, which forces you to actually think your moves through and create strategy. In a lot of cases you can just go through the level without thinking much. I know it's for kids, but that could have been remedied by including some sort of hard mode, it wouldn't be much work tbh, minimally it could have been done by giving enemies more HP, better AI, limiting your time, weapons and so on. I really wish they did something like that!
I know the ninja rope kinda sucks in this game as it didn't translate well from the 2D versions but still I wish there was some mission with a platforming aspect incorporating it into the gameplay.
There are just a lot of items that are just basically never used like holy hand grenade, sticky bomb, gas, blowgun, the pigeon, cows, granny, red bull, speed booster, mortar, battle axe, uzi, banana bomb, this stuff is cumulatively almost 100% unused in the entire campaign and that sucks imo. Instead in most mission the devs were like "have bazooka, have fun". Like, it works but much more could be done with this arsenal. Also, cluster bomb is ass but there was a lot of potential for it to be included in missions as a way to cause some collateral damage, maybe you'd have to kill a lot of enemies but each had low health and so on.
If you think about it, you can really pull awesome ideas for mission outta ya ass. And therefore I wish they did more to this game, not because it's bad, but because I actually like it so much that it leaves me wanting much more! :D I agree with you that Ragnarok is the only exceptional, actually genius mission in the game. I wish, WISH it wasn't the only one like this. The game has potential for creating intricate strategic missions, shame it went mostly with very simple ones. It's the moment when you criticize the game not for it does wrong but for what it doesn't do having the potential.
Ranking the top 10 worms iceberg levels based on creative RBY strats tier list pt. 2 vine compilation that’ll baguette your bagel to my grandma 😱
Ah yes a new hour long video I will rewatch a thousand times thank you yellow :)… yellow can talk about anything and I’d be interested enough to see it through.
Also helps that couple of the videos are in a playlist I use to go to sleep listening to, really like the gen 1 discussion videos
You're the best youtuber (and streamer) ever, thank you.
41:56 .....you're telling me this whole time that the birds chirping during this level WASN'T just background ambience? 😭
It is really telling that the only 2 deathmatch style missions in the bottom 10 is one where you can be randomly screwed over, and one where you even admitted it could be higher. Just let us blow up dudes with a different coloured name plate!
Worms 3D? Big Yellow, baby, you know how to treat a community, don't you? oohuhuhuhhuhuu
The children yearn for the bi-monthly masterpiece uploads
'it shoud boldly go to the trash because i don't like it' 10/10
How did they miss putting a mission referencing Ragnarök, the end of a world, at the end of the campaign and put it right before the end? Impressive flub honestly
The only worms game I even remembered playing as a kid Was Worms 2: Armageddon. Even then, I was literally just fucking around on training mode and just satisfying my psychotic kid brain.
how dare you deploy the doug walker jumpscare
I actually want a top 10 epic worms moments video
Number 1, this game actually gets a digital rerelease
I entirely get the love for the aesthetic of costa del danger. I have a weirdly specific affinity for pools and hotels in video games and even just watching it scratched that itch
Worms 3D's strongest soldier is back at it again. Love to see it.
TEAM 17 employees cold bitter days brightening up just a little bit more when they see Big Yellow makes another video about Worms.
Babe, wake up. New big yellow video just came out
a quick fix was the bane of my existence as a kid, as much as i love worms 3d with all my heart that mission can rot in hell and is the reason why it took me a while to finish the game
I feel like the true goal of A Quick Fix would be fun in a different game. Or at the very least, I’ve seen similar rooms in Metroid Prime and Xenosaga Episode II that were at least more fun than this. Doesn’t really gel with Worms gameplay, though.
I personally hate "Nobody rides for free" mostly because I just always forget how to complete that mission.
Good nostalgia trip. Subscribed!
thank you big yellow for sharing fun things with us again (yay)
It was correct of you to assume that I wouldn't judge your rankings on this silly wormy game's missions.
I hold my innermost rage for those that judge Worms Open Warfare on PSP baby!
This has reawakened a core memory! I loved this!
I'm really enjoying the recent longer videos, hope your not overworking yourself though.
Ty I've admittedly been a lil under pressure lately but I've a nice lil break coming up to travel for tournaments (:
I got stuck on "A quick fix" too when I was a kid. The mines always failed to connect when I was dropping them on the pins...thought that mission was simply broken
6:16 If I had a nickel for every glitch in Worms 3D I knew where the devs forgot that the Function Keys select weapons, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
The other nickel being for shooting a shotgun under yourself and picking a weapon to keep it while it's not your turn anymore