Tuesday, July 07, 2009

| Totally awesome game - glad i bot it

well.... that's if you like the original game.

My opinions of the whole thing- (don't hack me for it if you don't like it!)
Starting with the Cons:
- a little slow on movement and animation and computer turns (computer has to think like an Apple IIC, --- when it should be running at 2.4 gigaherz! Pentium duo)
Note: on the upside awesome consolidation of all the nitty details of blood bowl, which takes years to calculate, which more than makes up for the time lost on computer turns. -see Pros
- Graphics are good... but not as good as it should be for a 2010 decade game. The graphics are more like back in 2000.
- not enough intuitiveness in controls. The menus are so clustered (but that's because of the complexity of the game) but it took a while to get used to navigating and creating teams/profiles/char/etc. New games are supposed to be roll-over instructions and finely intuitive, IMHO. Generally the older the game, the less intuitive the interface, so this can definitely be improved.

Pros:
- Excellent gameplay - very true to the board game

- Saves a bunch of time - AUTOMATED movement calculations (brilliant), Calculating skill rolls, faction points, building a team, end of the game money calculations, etc.... All this is computerized and fast!

- Nice animations - Once you get used to the klunky keyboard and mouse interface styles, you start to enjoy the nuances of the game much more, and notice the small animation details that would be have been confusing at first amongst all the distractions. Gameplay starts getting faster as well

- Blood bowl with nice graphics - good stuff.

Overall - Good game 8/10 stars

I bot it for 49 bucks... worth it to share some good times. League on!