8 Awesome Examples Of Outrageous Overkill In Gaming

8. Holy Hand Grenade €“ Worms

HHG There€™s a special window of opportunity in Worms where you can do things that are especially ludicrous even for the Worms franchise, and that€™s saying a lot for a game which lets you wield explosive sheep and old women. That time comes at the end of the game, where you€™ve comprehensively outgunned and out-thought your opponent to the extent that they€™ve only got one measly worm left to your still-intact squadron. He€™s wounded, out of decent weaponry and is oftentimes just dangling on the edge of the map. You could do anything to him, and he€™d die. So do you walk up and prod him into the drink? Absolutely not. It€™s moments like these that the Holy Hand Grenade was invented, allowing you to recreate surreal scenes worthy of the weapon€™s Monty Python inspiration. The grenade was hilariously powerful, capable of sending a worm flying and just to add insult to injury, was accompanied by an exultant choir. It was something of an insult to comprehensively doom a worm like this, but dammit, it was glorious. It€™s these sorts of deaths which games like Worms were made for, and frankly, if you didn€™t send your critically-wounded opponent flying (or skimming) into the afterlife with this, you€™re a coward. I don€™t care if there€™s an achievement for winning a game with a prod, overkilling someone with a gigantic slice of religious bombast is something which clearly has to happen at least once in your life. If you get the chance, don€™t pass up the opportunity.
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