Blood Bowl III

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
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  1. Xbox Tavern
    Mar 23, 2023
    40
    Blood Bowl III has nothing here to recommend it for newcomers or veterans of the board game when there is a more complete package available in its predecessor.
  2. XboxAddict
    Mar 20, 2023
    50
    Blood Bowl 3 was lackluster at launch due to many problems, but the core gameplay was solid and could be fun once you got past all of the issues that will hopefully be fixed shortly in the future with some patches. Most of the aforementioned issues can be patched later, but the version I played on felt like it did not change much from its prequel.
  3. XboxEra
    Mar 2, 2023
    45
    It frustrates me that I have to leave Blood Bowl 3 with a middling review, but despite the solid core gameplay, everything around it frustrates me too much for me to continue playing. These issues may be fixed in the future, but at the moment I struggle to recommend this game to fans of Warhammer, strategy, or possibly even the more hardcore Blood Bowl fan.
  5. TheXboxHub
    Feb 23, 2023
    70
    A title with so much potential, Blood Bowl 3 fumbles the ball in the final minute.
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  1. Xboxygen
    Mar 9, 2023
    We dreamed of tasting a great vintage, but apparently, vinegar seems to be what is on tap right now. As it stands, Blood Bowl 3 is unworthy of the magnificent board game it embodies. However, the title has a lot of potential thanks to the field experience and its new official rules, making it still as convincing and fun to play, all wrapped up in a brilliant graphical and technical redesign. Cyanide still has significant work to do. Although the French studio has already rectified some details such as customisation, they will have to go to great lengths to convince fans to choose this opus over Blood Bowl 2.

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User Score
1.3

Overwhelming dislike- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 4 out of 4
  1. Lammiwinks
    Feb 26, 2023
    1
    Buggy mess that is nearly unplayable. A large number of skills (e.g shadowing) are completely bugged and don’t work. The UI is almostBuggy mess that is nearly unplayable. A large number of skills (e.g shadowing) are completely bugged and don’t work. The UI is almost impossible to use on console due to changes and poor joystick acceleration (e.gI can’t get the inspect icon over players skills - which in BB2 I could do easily with the Dpad) and it’s very hard to select and move players accurately. The online options take over 5 minutes to load a league name (including quick play comp) and the game seems to use the server for every action so navigating the UI involves constant loading. The monetisation system is a joke with single use cosmetics for predatory amounts of money…. Half of which are bugged and blank on the store anyway. Skip it. Or at least wait 12 months. What a shocker.… Full Review »
  2. Hulsee
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This game is absolutely rubbish, bad AI bad UI, micro transactions items are things that should come with the game and not be paid for.

    The    This game is absolutely rubbish, bad AI bad UI, micro transactions items are things that should come with the game and not be paid for.

    The AI doesn’t make any effort to play and just lets the clock run down which is infuriating and the commentators repeat the same thing over and over which makes you want to pull yours ear off.

    Graphic wise it’s very good but I would not recommend this game, I unfortunately bought it in digital form so cannot get my money back.

    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME - AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

    How a game can be worse than its predecessor is baffling?    … Full Review »
  3. Bockyralls
    Apr 29, 2023
    2
    Absolute dogs**t! Dropfeeding rest of the teams for 4 years? Reconnect after being thrown out on the future road map? Which happens a lot.Absolute dogs**t! Dropfeeding rest of the teams for 4 years? Reconnect after being thrown out on the future road map? Which happens a lot. Lots of bugs. This could’ve been so much better, now it’s unplayable.… Full Review »
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