Blood Bowl 2

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  1. Skulb
    Dec 22, 2016
    3
    Probably one of the most annoying PC game franchises in history, Blood Bowl 2 puts new graphics on Cyanide's first game and otherwise makes the same non-effort at adapting what is a very good idea and a good board game into a computer game. For the first few hours it's fun, as you develop a team and learn the game. But at some point it dawns on you that BB2 just isn't much of a game. It'sProbably one of the most annoying PC game franchises in history, Blood Bowl 2 puts new graphics on Cyanide's first game and otherwise makes the same non-effort at adapting what is a very good idea and a good board game into a computer game. For the first few hours it's fun, as you develop a team and learn the game. But at some point it dawns on you that BB2 just isn't much of a game. It's flashy graphics, silly commentary and unbalanced RPG/turn based strategy. It should be good but refuses to be.

    There are three modes of play. The first is a campaign/tutorial that forces you to play human, which is an instant turnoff because humans are a bad team. The second is single player mode, a completely pointless endeavor, because half the teams are so squishy that they are useless for long term play for you, while the NPC apparently has no problems at all playing them, no matter how many of their players you kill or maim. And this is really the big problem with offline play in this game. Everything you do is pointless because you never gain a competitive advantage over the AI teams. If your team is more valuable, the AI simply gives itself ludicrous amounts of money before the game to even the scales. But your team is never cheaper than the AI team because the game balances all the opponents to your level. It's just awful, awful game design and kills the RPG aspect of the game completely.
    The third game mode is obviously online multiplayer. And this is also completely pointless except for the twelve people who do nothing but play the game online. Any casual BB player or just normal person will be stomped endlessly and have no fun at all.
    The game also runs poorly, has excessive loading times and many lazy design decisions. For example: all the fans are humans, regardless of which race you're playing. And so are the cheerleaders. And none of them match their colors to your uniforms in home games, or to the opposing team's in away games. Why not? This sounds like it should have taken about half an hour of programming to fix, so why hasn't it been?

    With Chaos League and Blood Bowl preceding it, Blood Bowl 2 marks the grave of the failed attempts at translating the Blood Bowl board game into a video game. Each one has been more pathetic than the last because the people making these games apparently have no clue how to actually make video games. What is the point of this awful game? It can't be for single player gaming because it isn't balanced for that, or apparently intended for it in any way. And it can't be multiplayer either because that is an unbalanced pile of trash, where a handful of lifeless people live all day in the hopes of finding a noob they can make request a refund by destroying their team.
    There is nothing here for anyone except a small group of diehard weirdos. And they only like it because they know how to game the multiplayer and win every match.
    There is almost no meaningful management of your team, no real tactical control because it is based on dice rolls and no persistent league structure. Just knockout cups you can repeat endlessly until you go mad. And you can't even see the brackets. It's just so, so lazy and bad all round. But of course a persistent league structure and long term play would be pointless anyway, because most of the teams are too squishy and expensive to sustain for more than a few games. Try playing elves, when you will usually lose three to five players to injury or death pr game, each costing 80 000+, when your income is about 40 000 pr game. Great design people! Just awesome. And to hammer home how lazy the developers are, there are no longer visible upgrades on players as they develop. This was in the first Blood Bowl game btw. But what the hell, let's save a few bucks! Anyone who buys this crap is dumb as rocks anyway, so they probably won't even notice. All hail the bottom line!
    I was going to give this turd a 5, because it is alright for the first few hours until you realize that you've been fooled. But then I remembered Cyanide's obvious stripping of content with this release. Races are missing, features are missing etc. And you know they're gonna want to charge you for all of it later when their twelve customers have grown bored. Pay more money for another useless race for this trashy game? Suuuure....

    Here's a tip for you Cyanide: If you want to fleece your customers for content that should be in the game, make a good game first. Otherwise you're not going to have any customers to fleece. Business 101 there for you, and absolutely free, unlike what the halflings presumably will be. So to sum up: 1: Make good game, 2: Swindle stupid customers. It's very simple.

    Steer clear. Seriously.    … Expand
  2. M00nraker
    Jan 15, 2021
    4
    At first, it is a good looking promising game, but after nearly 3 hours into this, you will recognize it is as dull as it can get. you are forced to play the same team over and over again. absolutely no customization whatsoever. its straighter than a f..... railway.

    1. Facemodels look the same all the way (except for dwarfs they only got 1.) 2. The spectators are a poor version of    At first, it is a good looking promising game, but after nearly 3 hours into this, you will recognize it is as dull as it can get. you are forced to play the same team over and over again. absolutely no customization whatsoever. its straighter than a f..... railway.

    1. Facemodels look the same all the way (except for dwarfs they only got 1.)
    2. The spectators are a poor version of copy and paste
    3. You are forced to play the same team alot. you cant do anything about that.
    4. your team always sucks in Stats compared to the AI Team.
    5. Way too much randomization when roling the dice,
    6. you will never see the dice roling which takes away the fun of an tabletop adaptation.
    7. The Humor is more blant as an mr. Bean comedy sketch and maybe more suitable for children under 10yo.
    8.The stadium and the field always look the same and give you nothing special to look at.
    9. The obvious sexualization of the cheerleaders is just stupid, not only your kamera will zoom in
    closely at the backsides of the terrible looking womans, it gives you nothing anyways, cause they
    are **** animated and copy pasted as F.....
    10. You cant actually use abilitys, they will always be passive. which is a huge no no for an fantasy
    game in my opinion and is a shame if you think of this as an Warhammer game in general.
    11. This Game has no variation in terms of animations. It will repeat itself all the time. each race has 3 animations.
    Tackle 1, Tackle 2, and being knocked down. thats it. ok there is the running animation when they move to another field.
    12. buying new players and stuff is absolutely useless and it will give you nothing.
    13. the game plays like a shoshoo train for kids. you cant customize anything and follows a srtickt path you cannot avoid at all. for real there is no customization! no trikot colors, no face models, no gear, no usable items, no usable Skills What sooooo ever.
    when i think of an very old game from 2004 or so. called NFL street. well it had alot. i repeat ALOT more to offer in terms of customization than this POS.
    14. Commentarors stick to the same 3 sentences over and over again. except they use the scripted ones for story reasons.
    15. Boring Story overall. Dont care for the past of the Clubs cause its poorly written.
    16. You will never really feel connected to your players, cause there is nothing special about them at all and the game will not give you the feeling that they even are. They are just stupid and replacable at best.
    17. AI takes often too long for aktion and will keep the Pace of the game always slower than it needs to be.
    18. The Clipping of the models is absolutely horrendous!
    19. Heavily unbalanced stats. basically. if you can move further and have more agility you win the game. periot. skills and strengh and all this means nothing in single player.
    20. each player can do 2 aktions. you have 11 players on the field so it can be 22+ aktions you can do in each of your turns. but the game decided to give it a random faktor, to say FU in the face.
    if you only dare to do one mistake or have bad luck , your turn ends. it does not matter what you did before . it can be your first aktion, if it fails, well then its the opposite turn.
    Think of it as Chess and every figure you try to move to a postion, has the possibility to fail and pass the turn to your oponent.. Sounds just ridiculous as it is.

    good things about the game.

    1. The graphics are nice and the game runs smoothly even on older PC setups.
    2.The multiplayer is pretty good and has alot to offer.
    3.Sounds are okay no issues there
    4.easy to get into the rules and just play.
    5.all races from warhammer are present in some way.
    6. Huge online community with tournements etc.

    Its a shame to say but, if you dont want to play in MP, do not buy this game at all. it will be a waste of money    … Expand
  3. kingy10
    Nov 8, 2015
    2
    A real slap in the face to the community. This game is contender for let down of the year.

    You can't turn the camera properly , so you can't even see your team. A proper SP campaign when you start your own team at the bottom and get to the top is completely gone . Instead you only get some crappy leagues with ai . No armour changes when upgraded . A really bad game and the devs    A real slap in the face to the community. This game is contender for let down of the year.

    You can't turn the camera properly , so you can't even see your team.

    A proper SP campaign when you start your own team at the bottom and get to the top is completely gone . Instead you only get some crappy leagues with ai . No armour changes when upgraded .

    A really bad game and the devs can not be bothered to fix it. The single and only good thing about this game is the upgraded graphics but that's it literally.

    Stay away and play BB1 it's much better than this pile of garbage.    … Expand
  4. onetime80
    Sep 27, 2015
    1
    Refunded my purchase. Compared to the first game, this is crap with pretty graphics.

    1. Why are there no options to customize anything? 2. Why are there goal posts in the game which obscure the field of play, when you dont kick goals? 3. Why don't players change appearance on level up like the first game, to help identify the badass? 4. Why can't you turn subtitles off? I have    Refunded my purchase. Compared to the first game, this is crap with pretty graphics.

    1. Why are there no options to customize anything?
    2. Why are there goal posts in the game which obscure the field of play, when you dont kick goals?
    3. Why don't players change appearance on level up like the first game, to help identify the badass?
    4. Why can't you turn subtitles off? I have commentary subtitles with no commentators
    5. Why are advert flag banners on the sideline rotating into different adverts? so out of place in warhammer
    6. Why are there only human cheerleaders, regardless of race or stadium?
    7. Why is the dice log clipping into the graphic beside it?
    8. Why is the dice log impossible to read without a magnifying glass?
    9. Why do certain races such as high elves feel unfinished with poor animations?
    and so on.

    Instead of focussing on making stupid "madden like football experience", with goal posts and TV cameras etc in the game, maybe the developers should of focussed on making things which SHOULD be in the game.

    I wont complain about all the races not being included, because I can understand how expensive it is to make one race. But they spent their resources on making **** that shouldn't be in the game.

    These developers can go to hell    … Expand
  5. Timberly
    Sep 27, 2015
    2
    Save yourself the headache, the heartache, and the latent rage you'll feel towards whatever short bus developers were put in charge of creating this game.

    If they had JUST kept everything Blood Bowl 1 Chaos Edition was and expanded with the nicer graphics and the extra tidbits of customization (stadium, jerseys, etc.), this game would've been pretty great. Instead, they cut out ohhhh,    Save yourself the headache, the heartache, and the latent rage you'll feel towards whatever short bus developers were put in charge of creating this game.

    If they had JUST kept everything Blood Bowl 1 Chaos Edition was and expanded with the nicer graphics and the extra tidbits of customization (stadium, jerseys, etc.), this game would've been pretty great. Instead, they cut out ohhhh, about half of the teams that WERE previously available, they decimated the primary game mode (campaign; it's now HUMANS ONLY), and the "updated" UI is a joke. Not saying BB1 had the best interface, but at least it never claimed that its interface would blow minds left and right the way these jerk developers did.

    This is the ultimate example of "Hey, we own this IP, how can we squeeze the most money out of morons who aren't paying any attention? No no no, don't worry about quality, just put brighter colors, bigger text, and SAY that you made a better version, they'll never notice the difference" (oh PS, they apparently think PC gamers are dumber than they are; hint: we're not). Buy this game ONLY if you hate money or love supporting that guy at your office who does nothing, is capable of doing barely more than nothing, and claims credit for everything, because THAT is the group of people who developed this game.

    BUY BLOOD BOWL CHAOS EDITION. You will be 100x happier, take my word for it (I've played Blood Bowl on tabletop for 15+ years and have completed BB1 campaign mode with every race).    … Expand
  6. Redsco
    Sep 26, 2015
    3
    Hello

    Where is campaign's mode, where are my gobs...
    No very too few content for make a good game for me.
    Graphic are good, and story mode seem good.
    3 is low yes because the game work find but is low like the content of the game.
  7. DarkFire
    Oct 16, 2015
    3
    For players new to Blood Bowl, this game is as much fun as sticking your unmentionables in a vice and turning slowly whilst giggling madly. PVP matches are based solely on team value rather than player skill, so having a basic team get pounded time after time by levelled teams means that getting any of the players levelled up without injury after injury or even death, becomes a pointlessFor players new to Blood Bowl, this game is as much fun as sticking your unmentionables in a vice and turning slowly whilst giggling madly. PVP matches are based solely on team value rather than player skill, so having a basic team get pounded time after time by levelled teams means that getting any of the players levelled up without injury after injury or even death, becomes a pointless grind. Losing match after match simply isn't fun, and what on earth is the point of playing a game if not to have fun?

    Plus points? The character animations are excellent and Jim and Bob the commentators are hillarious! A great addition to this sort of game.

    Would I recommend this? If you're familiar with Blood Bowl (either the board game or the first Blood Bowl PC game) then yes, having pre-existing knowledge of how each type of player works and how each type of team plays will be essential and will allow you crucial early victories, enabling your players to develop their skills.

    If you've never played Blood Bowl before or are unfamiliar with this type of game then I can only suggest getting a hammer and breaking your own fingers with it, you'll have much more enjoyment than you would playing this game.    … Expand
  8. stephenfalconer
    Feb 1, 2017
    0
    waste of money could not complete campaign as play button grayed out. No support within game had to search web to try and find assistance. Also dice rolls way to skewed to favor computer.
  9. JotnarGiant
    Jun 27, 2018
    0
    I tried playing this game, because I enjoy the board game, but there was rampant cheating, with some players rolling nothing but sixes all game. A quick Google search found dice hacks, and I was not prepared to have to cheat to win, or to waste nearly 2 hours of my life per game to lose to a cheater. Also the skill icons were tiny and nearly incomprehensible, and knowing what skills yourI tried playing this game, because I enjoy the board game, but there was rampant cheating, with some players rolling nothing but sixes all game. A quick Google search found dice hacks, and I was not prepared to have to cheat to win, or to waste nearly 2 hours of my life per game to lose to a cheater. Also the skill icons were tiny and nearly incomprehensible, and knowing what skills your opponent has is vital, especially when you only get 2 minutes to play a turn. Also the AI is incredibly bad and playing against it is no fun at all. Badly implemented and a big waste of time.… Expand
  10. TrickyWarlord
    Dec 3, 2018
    2
    This is two-thirds of a game. The graphics and newscaster banter are greatly improved on the original in most places, but it feels like they were trying to develop a pay as you go system to pay for further enhancements that just never happened. The AI is fantastic as long as they're playing a team that doesn't need to pass or do anything remotely tricky. AI is hard to get right, but inThis is two-thirds of a game. The graphics and newscaster banter are greatly improved on the original in most places, but it feels like they were trying to develop a pay as you go system to pay for further enhancements that just never happened. The AI is fantastic as long as they're playing a team that doesn't need to pass or do anything remotely tricky. AI is hard to get right, but in this case they just try to form a cage (which always gets great approval from the voiceover) and go straight down the field. The cheerleaders are embarrassing and soulless, much of the game is unexplained, and your opponents keep pace with your point level in the various cups etc. The original blood bowl was a much better game.… Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. Gamers' Temple
    May 2, 2016
    60
    Overall, it seems to me that Blood Bowl 2 is focused on recreating the board game experience to a fault.
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  2. CD-Action
    Dec 16, 2015
    65
    It’s a remaster of the predecessor rather than a real sequel. It’s much prettier and more accessible, but also offers less content than the first Blood Bowl and the AI is simply terrible. [12/2015, p.48]
  3. DarkStation
    Dec 3, 2015
    80
    All in all if you are looking for a fun strategy sports themed game with a multiplayer focus, this one might be worth taking a look at.
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