[h1] Meh Spinoff game, that feels unfinished [/h1]
Despite me not recommending this game, I don't think Worms Crazy Golf is a bad game per say, just very underwhelming. Its a neat idea, taking Worms wacky, chaotic gameplay formula, and trying to blend it with something else. But it just feels so undercooked. For starters, you only get 6 powerups you can use on your golf ballss. Thats less powerups, then weapons in the very first Worms game(which had around 16 weapons), and even less then Worms reloaded(which had around 47).
[h3] "But what about quality over quantity?" [/h3]
I'd agree with you, but this game doesn't have many fun powerups. You have slowdown, which just makes it easier to turn ball left/right in air for distance, but gets quickly outdated when you get future powerups, even in challenges it doesnt help much. You have a sort of air jump ability, which is useful even later on(mostly for challenges) but gets overshadowed by next two powerups.
[b] Then you have parachute and anti gravity powerups [/b] 80-90% of the game is just you mastering these two powerups to get most distance out of your golf balls. Don't get me wrong, those two can be fun, but 1) almost all normal levels are designed around them, so the solutiong to getting hole in one ends up feeling almost identical for each level(especially where parachute is used) and 2) level designers themselves struggled to innovate on how to make levels stand out, besides visually.
Last two powerups are heavy ball, which is mostly only useful for challenges and only used once or twice in regular levels for hole in one. And there's bouncy ball powerup, which just seems worthless, and no carnival levels(free dlc area) requires it, nor do challenges.
[h2] Side Content [/h2]
Usually Worms games have pretty fun missions, which are side content that isnt always revolving around main gameplay loop, and provide fun challenges to conquer. Well, Worms Crazy Golf does have challenges, which are kinda like missions but way less varied. You just have 5 challenge types, each having four levels, one per world. They're definitely a highlight of the game: They're fun, fairly challenging but also not too difficult, and they usually force you to master almost all powerups since you usually run out of time on one of them, and it gives you some freedom on which powerups to utilize, giving player some freedom. But it just feels too little, plus it sucks we cant just have missions, with their own unique gimmicks or difficulty modifiers.
But thats not the only side activity you can do, I mentioned getting hole in one, but technically its also a side activity, and you only need to get hole in ones if you want achievement for it. Another side activity you can do in regular levels, is collecting coins and boxes. 20 and 1 per level. And dear God is it monotonous and dull. Besides buying cosmetics and different worm voice for coins, and unlocking more options in shop by getting crates, you really shouldn't go for coins/crates, unless you're an achievement hunter, its really not hard at alls besides a few levels at the end, but man its a lame way to pad out playtime. Almost half the hours in game, if not more were spend just constantly hitting a golf ball, and spending 10-30 rounds on each level, slowly collecting coins n crates...
In conclusion, Worms Crazy golf feels like a beta version of the full game. The idea is there, but there's just too few powerups to use in regular levels, and too few side activities to do to make this game worth recommending for either golf or Worms fans, unless you get it for 85-90% off and dont mind playing 5/10 games, aka ok games
