Very much like Nick Chester, I can't really bring myself to care about real football. However, once you start throwing the Warhammer world's forces of Chaos into the mix, I start to give a sh*t.
Today's new footage gives us a taste of what would happen if the Chaos Legion and the Empire forces faced off in a round of Bloodbowl, an old tabletop sports game from the legendary Games Workshop. I think it would definitely look a bit like the above.
Admittedly, the last Games Workshop game I played was Warhammer 40K: Fire Warrior, but it was a pretty good FPS. Provided this game rips off a suitable football engine and adds in a load of comedy violence, I can't see how Bloodbowl can go wrong. It looks like silly fun, and silly fun is why we're here.
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All such games will be measured against the standard of Mutant League Football. I demand a Games Time Forgot feature on Mutant League Football for those who do not know of the hallowed glory of that game.
I hope to see the success of this game generate interest for a new age of brand new Mutant League Football games and/or sports killing games in general.
Hey Jim/Anyone interested in this post. There is a blood bowl based game already available on the PC called 'Chaos League'. It's about 3 years old i think and has fairly low system requirements so most people should be able to run it. It's good fun and quite challenging if you need a blood bowl fix on the cheap. Definitely worth looking into.
Fire Warrior good? Hmmm...someones been tokening on the mayo topped sausages. I think that was the worst game produced in the entire line. Space Hulk for PS1 was superior.
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11:00 AM on 01.28.2009
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basically Bloodbowl is how football should be played in real life as well :-)
( used to be a fan of the boardgame :p )
I hope to see the success of this game generate interest for a new age of brand new Mutant League Football games and/or sports killing games in general.