Blood Bowl

Blood Bowl was probably the first of Games Workshop's board games that me and my friends played on a regular basis that didn't require spending over £100 on various models, terrain, dice and all the other costs that most hobby games incur. The news that a game was in the works was therefore very exciting as it meant that my friends who have now since grown up and moved away are now able to pummel the stuffing out of each other all over again online.
the game is an IDENTICAL replica of the board game: the symbols on the dice, the rules and the names of all races and positions remain intact. It is therefore just as frustrating when a perfectly formed game plan goes completely out of the window due to shear bad luck!!! PLaying through about 3 hours of the campaign on medium difficulty, The game has a very shallow learnging curve but it must be approached as a strategy game. All your players stats improve as they continue playing, their survival of which becomes paramnount as the game progresses, lest they receive a sound kicking and end up dead!
It is a fun game, the online league system should ensure that many old players return to the game and some new ones should definately check it out if they fancy a game that includes chainsaws, orcs and tournaments.

I bought this game directly through the developers website when it was first released. About £10 more than what Play are selling it for.
The game is based on a far more violent version of American football and in truth is a lot of fun once you know what you are doing.

Unfortunately its not easy to pick up and play and it will take a while for you to get a hang of it, unfortunately by this time youd be used to the commentators humorous dialog and it will all just seem repeditive.

It doesnt have much staying power as while the game does get progressively harder as your opponents level up alongside you it will always be pretty much the same. I still play it to this day, and was really into it when I first purchased it for about 2 weeks. Now I only play it occasionally.

Graphics are decent for its genre, jokes are funny, and you'll always have a feeling of satisfaction each time you score a "touchdown!!!". Despite it's looks, its a strategy game, dont buy if you are expecting a Fifa sort of game its just a board game in digital form.

I rate it 3 out of 5 because while it is fun, it lacks depth and I personally felt a little robbed paying £40 for it. Play's price of £29.99 is much more fitting.

I bought this game directly through the developers website when it was first released. About £10 more than what Play are selling it for.
The game is based on a far more violent version of American football and in truth is a lot of fun once you know what you are doing.

Unfortunately its not easy to pick up and play and it will take a while for you to get a hang of it, unfortunately by this time youd be used to the commentators humorous dialog and it will all just seem repeditive.

It doesnt have much staying power as while the game does get progressively harder as your opponents level up alongside you it will always be pretty much the same. I still play it to this day, and was really into it when I first purchased it for about 2 weeks. Now I only play it occasionally.

Graphics are decent for its genre, jokes are funny, and you'll always have a feeling of satisfaction each time you score a "touchdown!!!". Despite it's looks, its a strategy game, dont buy if you are expecting a Fifa sort of game its just a board game in digital form.

I rate it 3 out of 5 because while it is fun, it lacks depth and I personally felt a little robbed paying £40 for it. Play's price of £29.99 is much more fitting.

Yet i still give this game a 3/5, Simply because it has been very faithfully transported from table top to PC. It is basically an exact replica of the board game, which is fantastic. There are many online leagues to play also, which should keep you happy for ages. The graphics look good, as do the animations, and gameplay is excellent.

However, there are many Skills which still have huge bugs in them and simply do not work as intended (or at all for that matter), online play is very hit and miss as far as server connection is concerned, and there is certainly a bias in the random number generator that, no matter how many people confirm in the forums, Cyanide simply will not admit to.

Furthermore, Cyanide have been very slow to react to the vast plethora of bugs, glitches and the like that this game still has (and that have been reported by players). It feels like a pre-beta version, rather than the final release. The screen is unecessarily cluttered, and the user interface is very clunky.

I honestly believe that, in time, Cyanide will fix these problems, but £30 is simply too much for what is clearly an unfinished game.

Hopefully, future patches will alleviate these issues, but if Cyanide don't do something to reassure the players, it may be too late by then...

I would strongly suggest avoiding this game. It has been shipped with known issues that cause graphics cards to over heat (see the forums over at cyanide studios). Its led to me need to buy a new graphics card, and a killed the performance of my freinds.
The game itself is ok, but its written to abuse hardware.
AVOID.