![]() ![]() It’s not quite chess but it is still a thinker’s game, and I can only assume that in that respect the title stays true to its tabletop origin. In a brass-tacks genre sense, we’re dealing with a turn-based tactical game rather than a true ‘sports’ game – twitch reflexes are of no use here, while the ability to keenly balance player statistics and capabilities is far more central. ![]() But I didn’t need to roll a single die to be enticed by the basic premise of Blood Bowl II, which amounts to a football league in a fantasy universe where life is cheap and murder is convenient. Or, in fact, the tabletop version of any game. It’s related to the gruesome Warhammer worlds – the titles which are Games Workshop’s bread and butter – and I will admit right up front that I have absolutely zero experience with that version of the game. The elves are pretty fragile, to the surprise of no one.īlood Bowl II, like its predecessor, is based on what I’m told is a relatively popular tabletop game. And the best part? It manages to give me everything I asked for above and more, while actually being a fun if sometimes unpolished game experience. ![]() While EA Sports is taking its sweet time in implementing any of the above suggestions to its franchise, Cyanide Studios and Games Workshop are giving me exactly the sort of sports simulation I want in Blood Bowl II. So I suppose if you printed out a Venn diagram of the sort of people you expect to be big Madden fans, I’d be the doodle in the corner of the page hurling a goblin holding a lit crate of dynamite at the chart. Violence should be an essential part of the game – complete with gruesome, bone-breaking deaths – and to cap it all off, I’d like the ability to buy ‘do-overs’ in the middle of the game. Also, the entire game takes place at a very fast pace, and I’d really rather if it was turn-based and more tactical. If you asked me why I’m not a big Madden player, I’d have a ready answer for you: a distinct lack of bloodthirsty orcs. ![]()
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