Blood Bowl - the game of football fantastic. Based on the fantasy world of Warhammer and American football, Blood Bowl is a combination of a classic game of strategy and a sports game. This game is brutal, to guide your team through bonecrunching Championships to attend the prestigious Cup Blood Bowl! Create a team of eight playable races: Humans, Orcs, Elves, Dwarves, Skaven, lizards, Chaos and Goblins and managed as gaining experience in many leagues tournaments held in the Old World. No Holds Barred: bribe the referee lost your opponent moaning on the ground, devastating fireballs from the stands or even take a chainsaw in the field, you must defeat your opponent ..But never forget that the ultimate goal of the game: the ball into the end zone and score touchdowns!
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It's not for everyone, but I still love it.
This game is based on the table-top board game of the same name. I never played the board game before, but from what I've researched the video game seems to be a pretty faithful representation (and since it plays exactly like a board game would). Trying to describe how it's played would be difficult; and the in-game tutorials and instruction manual don't help either. I personally looked at an 52(!) page online guide for the official rules for the board game so I could better understand what was happening in the video game. It definitely helped and I've been enjoying it more since.
I think that anyone who buys this game without having experience with the board game is going to have some frustration. You will lose...a lot. And that's what it will come down to: If you don't mind making a commitment to a game that is hard to love. Once you understand the gameplay, you'll realize that it's really rock solid and you'll be more in control of what's going on.
The rest of the game is really a mixed bag. There are two different styles of play, Classic turn-based and a "real time" mode (which doesn't quite play as it's name implies). There are a couple different campaigns modes, which are welcome additions and add depth to the game (you get to buy players, cheerleaders, etc, and play in tournaments). There is online play, although not a overly strong online community. The graphics and sound are pretty low-grade. The main pull for this game is really the gameplay.
Blood Bowl isn't for everyone. I can't possibly recommend it to anyone looking for a fast-paced action game. People who are familiar with the table-top game, or who enjoy games like Magic: the Gathering, Culdcept Saga, or Civilization are more likely to give it the extra attention it demands. Once you put in the effort though, this game is a lot of fun.
Blood Bore....
First off I need to state that I play ALOT of Games Workshop games, including owning and playing the table top Blood Bowl. I know I wasn't going to expect Madden or the fast pace even of a "Dawn of War" during the Blitz mode of this game. Unfortunately, I find this game somewhat lacking and slow...yes readers, even slower than a tabletop game of Blood Bowl. I get the turn based mode, which is very true to the tabletop version, but even then it seems to chug slowly uphill in comparison.
Pros: - True to the tabletop in the "classic" mode in terms of rules
- 8 teams to choose from (this is good and bad...good for the diversity, bad because the tabletop has 15 teams)
Cons: - The game seems somewhat slow
- Graphics are Xbox quality, NOT 360
- "Tutorial" mode is a complete joke and basically useless, could've been better thought out
- The commentators SUCK, as in the worst I've heard in ANY game...I pretty much tune them out...at times I forget there even are any, that's how innane and worthless they are
- There are constant grammatical and spelling errors...SERIOUSLY! Did they not edit this???
- Since the tutorial is so pathetic it's easy to get lost early on...the learning curve is pretty bad. If you have the tabletop version, the rules are actually the same...reading this will go farther than just the manual. (e.g. Ok, so fouling can get a player kicked off the field...the manual says it can, not why, while the tabletop guide says why and how)
- Each turn has a time limit...when I pressed the XBOX GUIDE button to pause the game, i noticed the clock in the background still ticking down! Really??? Yes, there is a pause button, but by going to the GUIDE, it should automatically pause like any other game.
- You can't change team colors. Yes, I know, this isn't Madden, but some more team customization would've been nice, since the tabletop allows you to design a team from scratch. I'm surprised some of this element didn't carry over.
So, overall, if you're a tabletop fan with no one to play with, this is a way to play on your own or online, albeit with issues. I really did want to like this game and was excited, but I honestly feel let down, even at the $49 pricetag.
***UPDATE***
Since I first wrote this review, I've TRIED to play on multiplayer. I say try, because literally trying several times a day for nearly 2 weeks straight, I've found only ONE other person online to play against. Reading his gamertag profile on 360, he was from New Zealand! Now, I ASSUME it's because of his connection, but the game lagged TERRIBLY. I have yet to play someone in the US or Canada to see if it'll happen again. It literally took 15 minutes just to play out one turn, so choppy that I just quit. Other reviewers have complained of the multiplayer, and being based on a tabletop game, poor multiplayer just makes an already bad game worse!
Wish more games like this existed!
Read the previous two reviews, and agree on many points, but disagree on some as well. The game could have been better thought out I suppose, and yes it has some problems. The problems though are an afterthought after you understand what they are and how to basically accept them and work around them.
Gameplay is played exactly like you would any board game (instead of a board, you play on a football field). It is a dice rolling, turn based strategy game, set in middle earth on the gridiron. What makes this game GREAT, is the strategic aspect. Their is a bit of a learning curve...lets face it, nobody is going to pop this game in and win their first match. It will take about 10 matches to really digest what is going on, and another 100 to refine and perfect your skills. The game is Very deep (it does not have to be, but it can be). Basically you will love this game if you like Civilization, Culdcept Saga, Magic the Gathering or even Monopoly.
The problems with the game that I have had (like I said, you can overcome all of them)
1.It is sometimes difficult to differentiate your players just by looking at them (simply move your curser over them, you get full stats readout right there...but I do wish you could tell if they were a lineman or a runner with greater ease)
2. Tutorial Sucks (play games and learn by trial and error)
3. Weak Graphics (it is a strategy game so really who cares)
4. Online Community not very active (I have gotten 3 friends to pick this game up, and we are playing all the time)
5. Serious learning curve (put in the time to get good at it)
6. Understanding the 'odds' of simple successes, like picking up a ball, dodging an opponent etc (again, the scroll bar tells you what you need to roll....after you have rolled!! So basically it is trial and error and trying to remember what activities need certain rolls, and the odds of success etc. )
All in all, I wish there was more games like this available. This game is addictive, funny, fun, and a great time with friends, or even agains the enemy AI. It is not without a few flaws, but do not let that cause you to not go out and get this game!
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