Worms 2 Armageddon reviewed on PlayStation 3 by Adam Hall. Game supplied for review by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Besides the cute characters, silly sounds and simple yet addictive gameplay, the beauty of Worms games is that they ask for so little in terms of hardware and have blanketed pretty much every single piece of consumer electronics since Edison illuminated his first bulb.

What Team 17 has created with such versatile and unabated saturation is the greatest set of options known to any single gamer; whichever platforms you own, you can bet your last Rolo there's at least one iteration of Worms on each, and that raises a question: When spoilt for choice, how do you decide?

So here's Worms 2: Armageddon on the PS3. By comparing it to the 2009 Xbox Live Arcade game of the same name we discover almost nothing in the way of disparities; this is the very definition of a port, and while there's technically nothing wrong with that – options, people – the game itself, as fully-functional and pleasant as it may be, is a little... unnecessary in light of recent iterations.

In keeping with tradition, the game pits you and your team of up to four worms against those of the computer in campaign mode or other players in local or online multiplayer, across colourful and vibrant, destructible landscapes of varying themes. With a variety of zany weapons you must defeat all who oppose you, taking turns to attack, working the topography of the landscape, varying wind speeds and physics into your strategies.

So it's the same, then. The campaign is the same, the weapons are the same, the customisation options are the same (bar some hats), but then again so is the fun. There are no false conceptions regarding the pure delight that cartoon violence can bring, and this iteration can still deliver to anyone willing to receive, but the recent PC title, Worms: Reloaded, has cast a great shadow on the rest of the series.

In all fairness, Worms is built for multiplayer and if your friends all have a copy on PS3 then the decision is made for you, but should you have the option of purchasing Reloaded instead – let's face it, who doesn't have a PC capable of running Worms? - you'd be getting a superior product, both in terms of value and content.

I almost feel dirty for writing such things because this PS3 port is still a solid game, more than capable of scratching an itch and looking handsome all the while, but given the choice it's simply not the best version anymore.

Worms 2 Armageddon is available now for PlayStation 3 via PSN. An Xbox 360 versions is also available via the XBLM.