The release of Blood Bowl 3 cannot be called a success. The game has disappointing content and weak technical aspects. Gamers have made their frustration known in Steam reviews.
In a flurry of big releases this week, like Sons of the Forest, Company of Heroes 3, Kerbal Space Program 2 or Like a Dragon: Ishin!, many people may have missed the fact that Thursday saw the Steam release of Blood Bowl. 3, the latest installment in the popular sports strategy game series that focuses on a bloody version of American football played in the Warhammer universe. Unfortunately, the debut turned out to be a disaster.
- On Steam, only 27% of player reviews are positive, ranking as “mostly negative” reception.
- In comparison, Blood Bowl 2 has 78% positive reviews and, counting only those from the last 30 days, up to 90% of critics praise the second part of the series.
- steamed players complain that bowl of blood 3 it’s clearly an inferior game to the prequel. The game is said to offer less content, as well as a lack of technical polish. In the opinion of some fans of the BB3 series, this looks like an early access game.
- Fans are even more frustrated that Blood Bowl 3’s release has been repeatedly delayed (beta testing has already taken place in 2020), and yet there’s no indication the developers have done anything significant with it. extra time.
Below are quotes from various reviews on Steam that capture the mood of gamers.
Unfortunately, this game is a big step backwards from BB2. At this point, it’s only early access, not a full game. I’m very disappointed, especially since the release was delayed for a long time, and it still looks the same as it did in the 2020 beta test.
(…) At this point, I would advise against buying this game – better to get the old part and wait for them to fix BB3, because I have no doubt they will. BB2’s release was also a flop, but it turned out to be a solid game in the end.”
“Servers are mostly dead or buggy, we have a microtransaction store instead of features like account leveling, ranked matches, seasons, etc.
Now the game is in the “beta” phase. I do not recommend it in its current state.
“They were so long (up to TWO YEARS late) and just released a weak beta :(“
However, some fans aren’t losing hope. They remember that bowl of blood 2 also got off to a bad start and then repaired, so they expect the same to happen with the third part of the series. The developers know the problems of their latest creation and promise solutions. At the moment, changes have been made to the servers to avoid the usual freezes before.
Recall that Blood Bowl 3 debuted on February 23 of this year. The game is available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.. A Nintendo Switch version is also planned, but will be released at a later date.
- Blood Bowl 3 and Steam