Blood Bowl

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Blood Bowl

 

Developer: Cyanide

Publisher: Focus Home Interactive

Platform: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS

Release date: June 26 2009 (PC Digital Download), PC retail (France, Spain, Germany only), September 2009 (Xbox 360), PC retail (rest of world)

Genre: Sports, Real-time strategy, Turn-based strategy

Modes: Single-player, Multiplayer

 

Background (from Wikipedia)

 

Blood Bowl is a fantasy football video game loosely based on American football, and adapted from the board game of the same name, which was produced by Games Workshop, using the Living Rulebook 5.0’s ruleset. The game could be considered a remake of a 1995 adaptation, though the production of the two titles are unrelated.

 

Gameplay (from Wikipedia)

 

The game is a dark fantasy version of American football, played between two teams of 11 players. Touchdowns are scored by taking the ball into the opposition's end zone, and a team can win either by scoring the most touchdowns, or by violently eliminating the other team's entire roster. The game incorporates both real-time and turn-based strategy elements. Players may choose to play the game in either mode. The Special Play cards will not be included in the main game.

 

During the main career mode, the player must start from scratch and build a team; the career mode can go on ad infinitum. As the team goes up in ranking on the tournament ladder, a player will sign better players for their roster. If one or several of the roster players are injured or killed during a match, the player needs to replace them for one or several of the next matches until they are ready to go back to the field. If the player lacks money to heal them, they will still be able to play the injured player, but the chances that player is killed increases.

 

Roster players take part in tournaments, where they gain experience and level up. The player can assign skill points to buy new abilities that will affect the player's performance, such as improving their dice rolls, have a second chance on a bad roll, and other bonuses along those lines. Leagues are completely customizable: there are 25 elements can be edited by the user, such as teams, races, players, and championship rules. Players may also set up online tournaments with others in the online community, which also allows players to gain experience as with the single player mode. Tournaments may have a minimum of four participants, and a maximum of 24; none of the teams may be AI-controlled. A player may play with a solo franchise team online, but may not use it in online tournaments or leagues. Players may not switch between RTS and turn-based modes mid-tournament. Players may create custom logos for their teams.

 

The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions lack career league play and customization options. Multiplayer involves turn-based hotseat gameplay on the handheld versions, though the PSP version also includes wireless multiplayer.

 

There are eight races included in the initial release.

 

* Humans

* Orcs

* Dwarves

* Lizardmen

* Skaven

* Goblins

* Chaos

* Wood Elves

 

"Classic" Blood Bowl team rosters will be included, featuring such teams as the Reikland Reavers, Orcland Raiders, and the Skavenblight Scramblers. The player will face these teams as they advance in the game. However, they will only be playable in exhibition play. There will be one star player per race, such as Griff Oberwald.

 

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Review from ImpulseGamer

 

8.2/10

[john117]

^^ is it out on steam and wats the price .. ??

[Tyler]

Looks like a WarCraft III mod.

 

The concept is nice but it's football (or at least what Americans call football) so I'll pass.

[lordQ]

in case anyone on IVG reads Rock, Paper, Shotgun AND loves Blood Bowl; here's an update

 

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition Update

 

The word’s out on two of the twelve new teams featuring in Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition, which arrives at the end of this year. The word, and also screenshots. The Pro Elves aren’t to be confused with the game’s existing Wood Elves, because they’re tougher than Wood Elves and as such would probably beat you up. The second team, the Ogres, offer unmatched brutality at the expense of their team roster being made up by Snotlings. Full press release after the jump.

 

New races aren’t the only thing coming in Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition, of course. There’s also new arenas (a snowy Norse one can be seen in the screens), a new Story mode which casts the player as a freelance coach and a more comprehensive tutorial. Exciting times! And thanks to the lovely Ian Hetherington for the tipoff.

 

Meet the Elves and the Ogres!

 

This week, we are pleased to present screenshots of not one, but two of the 11 new races that will join the 9 previous races in the new Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition’s at the end of the year! Also enjoy a glimpse of one of the new stadiums, where the teams will compete in bloody matches!

 

The “Pro” Elves typify the Elven tradition with speedy, agile, albeit fragile players! And though these Elves are not as fast as the Wood Elves, they are a little more resilient and can sustain a few more blocks than their cousins… only a few more though! Their specialized players make the “Pro” Elves team perfect for an efficient passing game.

 

On reflection, the Ogres’ teams offer the complete opposite when it comes to play style, The Ogres unmatched brutality – and stupidity – is balanced by the smallest and the weirdest Blood Bowl players: the Snotlings. At first sight, these little creatures may seem useless and only worth being stomped on by the opposite team (and that would be a fair evaluation!). Yet, they are essential to help the Ogres to actually win games; especially since the big ones tend to forget they are in the middle of a game when the blood begins to fly!

 

Read here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/07/22/blood-bowl-legendary-edition-update/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RockPaperShotgun+(Rock,+Paper,+Shotgun)&utm_content=Google+Reader