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Blood Bowl: more like League of Mutants. Footballing. Craft.

cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Games and Technology
All we've got to go on is this youtube video, but I'm pretty damn happy. The premise? Take football. Now add in big monsters, decapitations and explosions. That's Blood Bowl.

Yeah, it sounds a hell of a lot like Mutant League Football, but considering 1) MLF is probably never ever coming back, and 2) it was awesome, I'll take it.

Apparently it's coming out at the end of the year for PC, Xbox, PSP and DS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5wyNZRZ308&e

Oh, and the game's site is here: http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/

It's also set in the World of Warcr... I mean, Warhammer universe.

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  • DudeMaYnDudeMaYn Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    To me, it looks like Warhammer meets football, due to the way the creatures look. But hell, I love MLF so much, that I would take anything that gives the same level of fun. I lost years of my life to that game and Mutant League Hockey.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    DudeMaYn wrote: »
    To me, it looks like Warhammer meets football, due to the way the creatures look. But hell, I love MLF so much, that I would take anything that gives the same level of fun. I lost years of my life to that game and Mutant League Hockey.

    That's what Blood Bowl is. It's an old table top game set in the Warhammer universe about football.

    Look at the gamesworkshop logo at the start of the youtube video. This could be awesome.

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  • Dyvim TvarDyvim Tvar Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    DudeMaYn wrote: »
    To me, it looks like Warhammer meets football, due to the way the creatures look. But hell, I love MLF so much, that I would take anything that gives the same level of fun. I lost years of my life to that game and Mutant League Hockey.

    That's what Blood Bowl is, good sir.
    It could be awesome as long as it isn't like Chaos League--it's going to be like Chaos League, isn't it?

    Edit: Beaten so hard.

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  • DudeMaYnDudeMaYn Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    DudeMaYn wrote: »
    To me, it looks like Warhammer meets football, due to the way the creatures look. But hell, I love MLF so much, that I would take anything that gives the same level of fun. I lost years of my life to that game and Mutant League Hockey.

    That's what Blood Bowl is. It's an old table top game set in the Warhammer universe about football.

    Look at the gamesworkshop logo at the start of the youtube video. This could be awesome.

    Actually, that's the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Games Workshop anyway :). I haven't done any reading about this game, so it seems pretty cool to me.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This will be awesome, and was made way before MLF.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The game website is here and it has PSP and DS on there... interesting.
    Dyvim Tvar wrote: »
    It could be awesome as long as it isn't like Chaos League--it's going to be like Chaos League, isn't it?
    I never played it, what was wrong with chaos league? Because this is being made by the same people, GW decided instead of suing them for making a game that ripped off BB they'd sell them the licence instead.

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  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dyvim Tvar wrote: »
    DudeMaYn wrote: »
    To me, it looks like Warhammer meets football, due to the way the creatures look. But hell, I love MLF so much, that I would take anything that gives the same level of fun. I lost years of my life to that game and Mutant League Hockey.

    That's what Blood Bowl is, good sir.
    It could be awesome as long as it isn't like Chaos League--it's going to be like Chaos League, isn't it?

    Edit: Beaten so hard.

    Screw you, Chaos League was great fun.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Updated the OP in a way that will surely please the Warhammer fans.
    I expect one of you to post that comic soon. You know which one.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Updated the OP in a way that will surely please the Warhammer fans.
    I expect one of you to post that comic soon. You know which one.

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    I aim to please, and was on this before your ninja edit.

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dyvim Tvar wrote: »
    DudeMaYn wrote: »
    To me, it looks like Warhammer meets football, due to the way the creatures look. But hell, I love MLF so much, that I would take anything that gives the same level of fun. I lost years of my life to that game and Mutant League Hockey.

    That's what Blood Bowl is, good sir.
    It could be awesome as long as it isn't like Chaos League--it's going to be like Chaos League, isn't it?

    Edit: Beaten so hard.

    Well it'll be turn-based, but I never played Chaos League so I don't know if that was the same.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The thing which makes this amazing is that it will be turn-based.

    Because they actually have the guts to bring Blood Bowl into a video game instead of making some stupid RTS like football simulation with orcs and elves.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Turn-based is an option, or real-time if you like,

    Now that's good thinking.

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  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    If they're doing it Chaos League style you'll have a choice. Chaos League can be either Turn based, Real-time with pause at regular intervals about about 20 seconds to issue new commands (best way to do it, because tactics really comes into it and you can fake out your opponent and do lots of tricky shit) or complete real time.

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  • ShmittyShmitty Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    the clip does make it look nifty, so im interested. im really not sure why the mutant league brand hasn't been revived. there's obviously a fan-base for it. didn't they even have a cartoon?

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    No, I'm sure it was a Eurogamer preview a few weeks back, they said you have the option for both turn-based or real-time.

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  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm pretty stoked for this but I'm a games workshop fan boy (that can't practically play the TT games anymore), and I used to play the TT version of Blood Bowl..

    I've never seen TT games so tense as blood bowl.. people would get really pissed over this game and near fist fights erupting at points

    now to see if Undead are as OP as they used to be in tabletop.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Shmitty wrote: »
    the clip does make it look nifty, so im interested. im really not sure why the mutant league brand hasn't been revived. there's obviously a fan-base for it. didn't they even have a cartoon?

    Yes. And to answer your question, the games were made by EA and they didn't want to do anything to dilute their precious Madden.

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  • knoxvilleknoxville Registered User new member
    edited June 2008
    According to their forums, there's no cross-platform online multiplayer. That's really sad :(

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Chaos League should have been so much more.

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  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I love how Joystiq's tag line for this story was "Blood Bowl trailer channels Madden + Warcraft."

    What kind of assholes do they have working there that don't even know what Warhammer is?

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Drool wrote: »
    What kind of assholes do they have working there that don't even know what Warhammer is?

    Gabe?

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    LOTS of people don't know what Warhammer is, or aren't familiar enough with it to realize that it's full of big green orcs.

    I've always been a game nerd, and I didn't really learn what Warhammer truly was until after I started playing WoW.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Drool wrote: »
    I love how Joystiq's tag line for this story was "Blood Bowl trailer channels Madden + Warcraft."

    What kind of assholes do they have working there that don't even know what Warhammer is?

    :x

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    No, I'm sure it was a Eurogamer preview a few weeks back, they said you have the option for both turn-based or real-time.

    Interest meter maxed out.

    Seriously, I love me some Mutant League Anything and have always like Warhammer (only played it once or twice), but the thought of playing something like this in turn-based has got me very interested.

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  • SlagmireSlagmire Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Drool wrote: »
    I love how Joystiq's tag line for this story was "Blood Bowl trailer channels Madden + Warcraft."

    What kind of assholes do they have working there that don't even know what Warhammer is?

    The same kind of assholes that don't do any fucking research before saying something completely stupid and then call it professional media.

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  • TeevirusTeevirus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    -SPI- wrote: »
    The game website is here and it has PSP and DS on there... interesting.
    Dyvim Tvar wrote: »
    It could be awesome as long as it isn't like Chaos League--it's going to be like Chaos League, isn't it?
    I never played it, what was wrong with chaos league? Because this is being made by the same people, GW decided instead of suing them for making a game that ripped off BB they'd sell them the licence instead.

    What's wrong with Chaos League? Premise sounds sweet enough.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Chaos League didn't have enough rangers.

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  • wyrlsswyrlss Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Table-top games are a whole nother world. A complicated world, where advanced calculations which should only be made by computers are made by mortal men, giving rise to "house rules" and "homocide". This game, however, will be super awesome. There's almost no way it won't be.

    Sidenote: I knew about Warhammer/40k before I ever heard about Mutant League. I think there should be some sort of venn diagram for tabletop and computer gamers.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It's going to be awesome because the turn based option has identical rules to the tabletop game, which means the very least you get to play the awesome tabletop game without the hassle of assembling and painting models as well as being able to play it over the internet.

    I'd buy it for that alone.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Exactly. I only wish they'd do that for all the good table-top games. Cool as they seem, I don't really care about model-painting. I really wish there was a good turn-based Mechwarrior, for instance.

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  • interceptintercept Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I've been keeping up with this game since it was announced. I can't wait.

    WTB Skaven running back.

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  • StonecutterStonecutter Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Anyone interested in the tabletop game can read more here

    http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/712

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  • interceptintercept Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Drool wrote: »
    I love how Joystiq's tag line for this story was "Blood Bowl trailer channels Madden + Warcraft."

    What kind of assholes do they have working there that don't even know what Warhammer is?

    The same kind of assholes that don't do any fucking research before saying something completely stupid and then call it professional media.

    Maybe their attempt was to garner more mainstream interest.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    intercept wrote: »
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Drool wrote: »
    I love how Joystiq's tag line for this story was "Blood Bowl trailer channels Madden + Warcraft."

    What kind of assholes do they have working there that don't even know what Warhammer is?

    The same kind of assholes that don't do any fucking research before saying something completely stupid and then call it professional media.

    Maybe their attempt was to garner more mainstream interest.

    Maybe their attempt was to piss off Warhammer fans, because Joystiq authors get paid per click.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=143333

    That's the Eurogamer preview I was on about, now to find the important information..
    The solution turns out to be a choice of two game modes: the original turn-based play, or a more streamlined real-time version. Both retain the same dice rolls and rule structure of the original game, but real-time shoves all that out of sight, and brings match durations down to about five minutes.

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  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    wyrlss wrote: »
    Table-top games are a whole nother world. A complicated world, where advanced calculations which should only be made by computers are made by mortal men, giving rise to "house rules" and "homocide". This game, however, will be super awesome. There's almost no way it won't be.


    hahaha so true.. don't forget all the templates and "block dice" in this game.

    this game is the king of one dice roll can really screw you, especially in season play when you have a character you raised that is awesome and he gets assassinated on the field

    my blood pressure rises just thinking about playing this game again..

    also there is a java based version of this game that already exists but I don't know if that falls under talking about emulation or whatever (emulation of a TT game!!)

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    troublebrewing wrote: »
    wyrlss wrote: »
    Table-top games are a whole nother world. A complicated world, where advanced calculations which should only be made by computers are made by mortal men, giving rise to "house rules" and "homocide". This game, however, will be super awesome. There's almost no way it won't be.


    hahaha so true.. don't forget all the templates and "block dice" in this game.

    this game is the king of one dice roll can really screw you, especially in season play when you have a character you raised that is awesome and he gets assassinated on the field

    my blood pressure rises just thinking about playing this game again..

    also there is a java based version of this game that already exists but I don't know if that falls under talking about emulation or whatever (emulation of a TT game!!)

    It's actually completely legal. As long as you own a copy of the rulebook, and since they released the bloodbowl rulebook for free download, everybody wins :wink:

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  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    yeah I thought that arrangement would be okay since they released the "living rulebook" or whatever.

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  • wyrlsswyrlss Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The DS version better not be some retarded platformer.

    Christ.


    Fucking Spore.

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  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i'm pretty much counting on getting it on xbox unless the DS version really rocks

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