Bloodbowl - anyone got it yet?

Shiminay

My hand is desperately hovering over that "Download" button here - has anyone else got this game yet and have any opinions?

aCA

I'm tempted to get it, but for €50 I think I'll wait till I see some sort of a review.

d22ontour

For €50 i could buy arma for €25 in a shop. Oh this isn't the steam rip off thread nor the arma thread. I feel lost.

humanji

Is that the only place it's available at the moment?

Jilm

€50 for this game, they can go and shite.

Funky

please let there be good reviews

Spear

http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33950&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

This might give some insight.

Shiminay

Well, I was too tempted and bought it last night. Have only been playing the turn based (cause I'm a purist ) but I'm *really* enjoying it. It's worth €50 to a fanboi like me, but not to the more casual observer.

Back I go!

Gunmonkey

Spear wrote: »

http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33950&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

This might give some insight.

I read that and am SOOOOO tempted to buy this. Loved BB back in the late 90's, got it as a Junior Cert present, modern kids get cars and holidays :rolleyes:

How does the real-time play out? I played a demo of Chaos League years ago so forget everything apart from it being fantasy based. Is it kinda like Madden games, since my brother loves those and loved BB too.

Wow. Bloodbowl. That brings back memories. My brother was always really into those kind of fantasy-related games - even designing his own Warhammer scenes (winning a prize once too!).

Plus Magic the Gathering and Illuminati.

randomchild

Played in the beta so I knew to pre-order, even for 50 squid. Its online blood bowl, what more do you want? Anyone looking for a league look no further than the orca cola championship.

Nevyn

Magic the gathering: Planeswalker is coming out for the xbox 360 soon too.

Shiminay

Lashed into a bit of the real-time earlier with an all BeastMan Chaos team (sure why not?) called Bestial Devastation (yea I'm a Sepultura fan ). It was a lot of fun - think point and click Speedball 2 with the ability to pause time to respond or give new instructions to players. You can also train players before a match for an opportunity to temporarily boost a stat (in the same way the coaching works in Tiger Woods), but it's a bit strange and I haven't quite worked out how it's meant to work Then you can have sponsorship deals for extra cash and set a series of accomplishments etc.

Gunmonkey

Ok so checked my credit card, €375 in debt ......................




















.......then I thought **** IT

It really is just a computerised version of BB so........awesome!!

Tried a Lizardman team first, very hard to get to grips with, Saurus having only 1 AG means getting into and out of tackle zones is a chore so went with Chaos, pure violence and I love it. Gotta admit, the game can be massively favoured to the opposing team even on medium: encountered a team who were given 310,000 in inductments before a match and this was the second match of a campaign, Dwarfs who just skip in and out of tackle zones and "going for it" constantly with AG 2 and the Skaven....OH GOD THE ****ING SKAVEN, cheating pricks. Had one match where I beat them down to 2 players left on the pitch and no forfeit.......is there even forfeiting?

Shiminay

They may have forgotten the forfeit rule - it it part of the living rulebook now though? Used to be 5 players I think, yea? Been too long since I played the original

Still really loving this though, could turn out to have been the best €50 I've spent in a long, long time.

rizzla

Thaedydal wrote: »

Magic the gathering: Planeswalker is coming out for the xbox 360 soon too.

It's already out. Great game, well worth it.

I was just looking at a video there of Magic the Gathering and I was just thinking it would have been cool if the creatures/objects popped out of the cards and fought each other that way.

jaggeh

currently downloading 3 minutes left

madrab

got it myself, really like it, though some of the rules dont quite match up to lrb5 unfortunately

quozl

If anybody is hankering for some real-world bloodbowl after playing this game, there's a pretty big open-ladder at http://bloodbowl-ireland.org

55 coaches, based in dublin and cork.

There's a sign-up email address on the site, everybody's welcome, beginner or not, and you can play as often, or as seldom, as you like because it's a ladder not a fixed schedule league.

goodlad

Just because im getting confised im gonna ask!

Is the bloodbowl here: http://bloodbowl.nexway.com/index2.html?Langue=en_GB&REF=671320

The same as the bloodbowl here: http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Sport/AmericanFootball/~r343232/Blood-Bowl/

humanji

I'm thinking it is. You can buy it form the site, but it's not available in shops yet (I think).

goodlad

Earlier in this post people are saying they bought it, that was back in june!

But the game site has the release date 3 days from now.

Gunmonkey

A digital version of the game was released for PC months ago, alongside the retail release in France and Germany. It is now being released on retail worldwide in the next few weeks.

Tusky

Is it any good ?

Shiminay

I still enjoy it

goodlad

I think its brilliant.
I played the campaign but once i gave playing online a shot i havent played the campaign again.

Brilliant game but its harsh when you lose players with a lot of spp.
I already broke several cups, punched stuff... etc.. out of frustration. haha

Spear

The boxed edition is in stores, so I got me a copy.

I'm terrible at this though, probably my own fault for trying to start out with vulerable Skaven though.

Patch 1.0.1.10 is here.

http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/dlp.cgi?lang=&sys=pc&file=bb-update-1-0-1-10.zip&ref=ps

Manach

I picked up a copy at Game on a recommendation. I enjoy playing it, though the commentary gets a bit repeatative.

Tusky

Im enjoying it. Would we have enough people to set up a boards.ie league ? Its during a league that the game really comes into its own.

goodlad

Tusky wrote: »

Im enjoying it. Would we have enough people to set up a boards.ie league ? Its during a league that the game really comes into its own.

Im up for that if there are enough people.
New teams i guess?

It might not be fair if my 2k rating orc team plays against a brand new elf team and kills them all, hehe!

Shiminay

If we were having a league, I think we should definitely start off with new teams so that anyone who's only just picked it up can compete. Definite +1 from me though for the idea.

goodlad

A mate just told me he wants to setup a league, one match a week type thing.
Or more depending on the people who join.

Slap your coach name here and i can add you on friends list in game.

Tusky

I have only *ahem* tested the game so far, If you know what I mean. Gonna order it online though and should be getting my copy early next week. Definitely up for a league though.

Where is cheapest place to buy it ? Its 32.50 on play.com

Jilm

It's ~€30 delivered at dvd.co.uk
http://www.dvd.co.uk/Games/Blood-Bowl-PC/BLOODBOWLPC/product.htm

It's a bit less at amazon, if you bump the order to >£25, P&P is free.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Focus-Interactive-Blood-Bowl-DVD/dp/B002JTW2ME/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1255081248&sr=1-1

goodlad

Im already in a few leagues but will make a new team for whenever we kick this one off.

Im thinking i will try out the lizards

Sabre0001

Gaelcon hosting Bloodbowl tournament on Sunday and Monday (25th & 26th). Details here.

randomchild

Defo up for a boards.ie league, one of my other leagues is coming to an end and I dont think I am going to rejoin next season so should be able to squeeze it in!

geeky

Just got the PC version of the game and would be up for a league. Is it possible to run it between coaches using different platforms?

randomchild

I dont think so, but i think most of us are using the pc version anyway? How many players do we have for a league and do we have a person willing to admin it?

Think I will play goblins or chaos.

geeky

I'm playing lizzies. I'd volunteer to organise, but haven't the first clue how to go about it - currently shaking off the rustiness by playing a campaign mode. Is there anyone happy to step up?

Spear

Free official Dark Elves team in the latest patch.

http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/dlp.cgi?lang=eng&sys=pc&file=bb-update-1-1-2-1.zip&ref=ps