Fumbledīlood Bowl is a tabletop game filled with so much potential on a digital format that this uninspired attempt to move it to tablet feels all the more disappointing. The commentators that chatter away as you play at least do a good job of elevating the single player mode, offering some small piece of entertainment as the computer rips you apart. The brief cheer that goes up with each touchdown feels almost patronizing, with the lackluster wooden animations of you team doing nothing to break the illusion. There is no impact to anything, with passes and tackles sounding unimpressive and audio samples jarring against the comparative silence.Ĭelebrations are not much better. The animations - which should have bought the game to life - are flat, making your squad look as rigid as the pewter figurines that inspired it.Īudio effects do nothing to aid the stilted “action”. To make matters worse, the loss of these physical elements are not made up for in the move to the digital format. While these stats are available in menus, it just isn't the same as combing through a rulebook. This makes it hard to plan future moves because you are never certain of what specific characters can do. The other odd upshot of this is that, with the game taking care of each of your player's abilities, you lose track of why things are happening. The tactile nature of the board - with the inevitable arguments about distances, dice rolls, and the subtleties of the rules - lost in favor of convenience. This streamlining makes the game feel sterile. This makes Blood Bowl seem incredibly unfair, with you being repeatedly cut down and losing possession for seemingly no reason.

While in the original game each roll would be a tense moment, here it is automatically dealt with under the surface. Player's success is dependent on a selection of dice throws. You can have them run, throw, catch, or tackle, with your go only ending when the timer runs out or you lose possession. A single turn may see you controlling any number of your 11 players. After setting your squad's formation, tapping on the desired player selects them, while another tap has them execute the desire action. Tap, tap, thwakīlood Bowl's interface is quite straightforward. Unfortunately, there is a downside to this, with the loss of its tangible nature making it far blander. Blood Bowl's need for counters, dice, and player charts, makes having it on a tablet a cleaner and faster experience that can be played anywhere. Turning any tabletop game into an electronic experience comes with advantages and pitfalls.

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