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Blood Bowl III
Released On: Feb 23, 2023
60
1.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
60
16% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
60
16% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
The main problem at the moment is that it lags behind its eight-year-old predecessor in every way except graphics. [Issue#326]
Blood Bowl 3 is a solid game that has a RNG system and match breaking bugs that will make you want to rage quit while the graphic and sound design, including the humour, reminds you: it’s just a game.
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 41 User Ratings
1.7
10% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
2% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
88% Negative
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 41 User Ratings
1.7
10% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
2% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
88% Negative
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
Bon déjà pour commencer j'adore ce jeu! Je l'attendais avec impatience et enfin il est arrivé, oui même après plusieurs reports qui devenait de plus en plus inquiétant pour le développement, je ne baissait pas les bras et me dire qu'on allait bientôt pouvoir y mettre les mains dessus et c'est le cas! Bon pour commencer le jeu nous offre une grosse campagne bien garnie que malheureusement je n'ai jouer seulement peu de temps, mais qui a l'air assez complet et plutôt riche pour un jeu de ce genre et qui en plus est beaucoup, énormément, extrêmement et j'en passe des adjectifs plus poussé que blood bowl 2 mais pour le moment de ce que je constate la campagne pourrait durer presque une petite dizaine d'heures ce qui n'est pas négligeable comparé a blood bowl 2 que elle ne durait que quelques heures dans mes souvenirs. Les graphismes, j'adore les graphismes de ce jeu ils sont presque à couper le souffle oui certes c'est pas réaliste comme blood bowl 2 mais c'est plus cartoon, plus vibrant et plus coloré ce qui me donne toujours plus envie de garder l'oeil à l'écran mais je sait que il y a une partie qui préfère le côté plus réaliste de blood bowl 2 mais bon il faut au moins plaires à d'autres personnes. La customisation nous promet d'être énorme à partir de la saison 1 et les saisons futures et année futures pour l'instant la customisation est très limitée comme par exemple pour l'instant nous avons seulement droit à 1 Cheerleaders ou 3 coachs ce qui n'est pas énorme pour l'instant je vous l'accorde mais tout la customisation va grandir grâce au passe de combat qui s'appelle le malepierre qui j'imagine va coûter plus de 10$ et qui va faire grincer des dents je n'en doute même pas car si vous n'achetez pas le passe de combat vous allez rester très limitée dans votre customisation du personnage, Cheerleaders, coachs, terrains, tribune etc.... Pour ce qui est de l'IA je l'avoue elle est nul mais vraiment trop nul et je peux comprendre la déception des joueurs, Cyanide nous avait promis une IA améliorée et intelligente qui serait meilleur que blood bowl 2 mais elle est franchement , elle fait de la , dans une partie que c'est à en mourir de rire, à voir si ils vont l'améliorer, dans mon scénario je pense qu'ils vont essayer de l'améliorer a travers des mise à jour mais qui ne sera jamais abouti à avoir une bonne IA, et dans mon cas à moi je m'en fous un peu de l'IA car je joue seulement avec en mode campagne et de temps en temps dans le mode ligue pour m'améliorer un peu car je préfère largement jouer avec un vrai joueur mais je peux comprendre la déception des joueurs solo en ligue. Du côté de la bande sonore c'est un délice pour mes oreilles les sons sont excellents musique très bonne et bande sonore très agréable rien à redire dessus. Encore une fois je comprends la déception des joueurs car la plupart des options quasi obligatoire pour jouer comme par exemple mettre sur pause quand on joue en ligne dans le mode ligue qui va seulement arriver à la saison 2 de l'année 1 je peux comprendre le mécontentement qui devrait y être déjà disponible à la sortie du jeu. Pour conclure c'est mon préféré blood bowl largement meilleur que le 2 selon moi avec du contenu qui devrait sortir sur le jeu pour encore plusieurs et plusieurs années ce qui fait que le jeu sera encore plus supporté et mis à jour que blood bowl 2 est une bonne nouvelle selon moi et qui permet aussi à de nouveaux joueurs de pouvoir embarqué dans cet univers car oui lui au moins permets aux nouveaux joueurs de bien pouvoir apprendre et être moins perdu que les anciens blood bowl qui était moins friendly. Et oui encore une fois je comprends la grosse déception des joueurs mais je crois au moins fermement que la plupart des trucs que les gens grognent vont être réglés et oui blood bowl 2 aussi n'était pas parfait à sortie donc je crois vraiment qu'on devrait lui accorder un peu de temps et de chances car je crois vraiment qu'il a un énorme potentiel. Donc oui foncez le prendre, au prix qu'il coûte je crois pas qu'il vaut la peine d'attendre une promotion pour ceux qu'il veulent l'essayer donc je vous dis bon blood bowl et c'est l'heure du match!!!
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If I had reviewed it prior to the season 4 patch, it probably would have been a 4/10 at best, but that patch seems have to fixed the bulk of the bugs, glitches and playing issues (at least for me). Is it perfect, no, but the devs seem committed to improving it. Is it better than Bloow Bowl II? Outside of some minor graphical updates (and of course the rule changes) its essentially the same game. Is it a decent conversion of the table top into video game? yes. Its a lot of fun, and post S4 patch the platinum is also a lot easier if you have any basic BB experience.
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Where Blood Bowl 3 fumbles is in its lackluster forward motion from the previous game. Its offline play is pretty limited, and too much has been recycled from Blood Bowl 2. It’s very rough around the edges for a game so long in the oven. All that aside, Blood Bowl 3 can be amusing, tactically engaging, and still great fan service for tabletop players and the Warhammer faithful.
Blood Bowl 3 not only has a relatively modest offer compared to its predecessors, but also minor glitches and doesn't really bring anything that wasn't already in the previous games. That's why it is not very attractive, basically it's useless - at least for now.
Blood Bowl 3 feels like an early access game and that's a real shame, because the fun gameplay is plagued by a ton of inexplicable design choices and the pushy microtransactions do the rest.
Blood Bowl 2 suffered a poor launch, but was eventually patched into something enjoyable, and the developers have already been at work on fixes for Blood Bowl 3, so I am guardedly confident that it will eventually be a good experience… but that time is not now, sadly. In its current form, Blood Bowl 3 is not worth the purchase price — yet — but I’m ready and willing to love it when it matures.
Bug-infested and content-light, Blood Bowl 3 feels like an open beta you have to open your wallet for. Unplayable as a single-player game and merely frustrating in multiplayer, it’s hard to recommend this even to die-hard fans.
While it is good to see there can be options for football video games, The Blood Bowl series is one of them. But Blood Bowl 3 however, has big problems like bugs and crashes that cannot be dismissed. The past titles like 1 and 2 are better than 3. So I can't recommend 3. As Blood Bowl 3 is a disappointing entry to the series.
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Early beta at best. Srsly, competition management are not working. Competition registration are impossible (you 1200 competitions, 99% of which you can't register and can't filter them by any attribute). They have no solo-mod campaign (which was featured in BB2) and absolutely terrible ui.
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Blood Bowl 3 is one of those games where you can't press refund fast enough if you've got the option to do so. Way worse than Blood Bowl 2 in almost every way possible. The things that are better (ruleset and graphics) are completely overshadowed by the bad things.
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Well this is painful to write. Blood Bowl is a niche and often underappreciated franchise. The last thing it needed was an insulting disaster to smear the digital IP.
THE GOOD:
The fundamentals/ruleset of Blood Bowl are still good raucous, fun. And it can be an engaging multiplayer exercise. When it works.
THE BAD
Jesus wept, where to start. With the crashes? The always online requirement leading to unbearable server load, frequent disconnects, lost data and intolerable input lag? The vast ocean of missing **** here I don't just speak of teams cut for additional content, but BASIC features that are roadmapped for 6-9 months out? The obtuse, confusing UI that was designed by either someone who had never seen a UI before or someone who'd seen many and come to hate them? The muddy graphical sidegrade?
I suppose even with all of that, you could just call it a classic bungled launch, stick a pin in it, and circle around in a year when the game was on a deep discount. Assuming you weren't motivated to punish the publisher for failing to accurately market the game as early access.
But the microtransactions. Oh my dear god, the microtransactions. This game makes Diablo Immortal look generous. Do you want some boots for your Pestigor? Buy them, one boot at a time, with the in game currency. But only for THAT Pestigor. Those are HIS boots. Want boots for the whole team? Get your wallet out. It might be the single most egregious, predatory, greedy implementation of paid cosmetics in the history of gaming. I say "might" because gaming has set the bar pretty low and there are a lot of mobile games I've never been exposed to.
The game might be feature complete and widely playable in 2-3 years. If the microtransactions are left as is, it will still be an outrage.
Avoid this gong show. I'd direct you to the second game, which is broadly identical but 1) actually works and 2) doesn't pick your pocket, but that would still be funneling money to a company that very evidently does not deserve it.
Blood Bowl as a franchise deserves a robust 7-8/10. The 2 is for the negative 6 I would give the rest of this clown rodeo.
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The game has some promising things that could’ve made this crowded and loved. Unfortunately the developing company has completely dropped the ball.
Having a catastrophic release was not the best start for this game. However, it would’ve picked itself up if the bug fixes was the only issue. Unfortunately, those were actually the smaller problem.
The biggest mistake was thinking they could go about this like any other game, targeting gamers.
The Result is something very far from the BB2020 tabletop game being played today. The reality is that the target audience is 99% exciting tabletop players. So when drip feeding one team every 3 months and making it impossible to run leagues in a meaningful way, 99% of the players are excluded and won’t bother. Sprinkle some greedy EA-esque business behaviors, like charging insane amounts for customizing teams and season passes, you’ve got a complete train wreck.
You can’t make up for all the nonsense by using marketing, engaging AndyDavo and all the other crap that’s been used to lure players in. Sure, I bought the game. But I won’t be returning to it.
Therefore you have like 500 players on the servers.
And the AI, for playing games by yourself? Embarrassing.
The only way this game could be popular is if the top management realize they messed it up and dropped the ball (pun intended) and release all teams, make league admin available and let people play the actual game they love to play.
Unfortunately, this will not happen. Someone hiding behind a lot of spreadsheets will just keep this afloat with minimal resources and keep ignoring the fan base of Blood Bowl.
Never again will I buy a Blood Bowl on release date. Fool me once…
For the last 1% of the potential customer base that don’t already play Blood Bowl IRL and are considering buying this, go play table top instead. And if you don’t know how, find a friend or local friendly gaming store. Trust me. Blood Bowl is an awesome game. This, however, is not worth your time and money.
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Summary Brutal, crazy, tactical... this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content.Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date: Feb 23, 2023
Developer:
- Cyanide
Publisher: Nacon
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