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Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)

Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)

Cyanide Studios · released Sep 5, 2017

SportsStrategyPCPlayStation 4Xbox One

Blood Bowl 2 smashes Warhammer and American football together, in an explosive cocktail of turn-based strategy, humour and brutality, adapted from Games Workshop’s famous boardgame.

Steam page ↗Metacritic ↗
73
VGC Score
▼Decliningmedium confidence
68%
At launch
78%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
55%
Player sentiment
87%
Recent sentiment

PC 73 · Xbox 62

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews78%731000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)87%815
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 14 reviews sampled · 10 total reviews in window · weighted 9.1 up / 1.3 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (3)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 88
    RageQuit.GR
    trust 69Oct 2, 2017

    “Blood Bowl 2 has reached its most integrated version. Changes in this expansion are crucial and essential in every case. For those who had tried the title earlier now it's a good chance to come back. Newcomers should be aware that although this title requires a lot of dedication it's highly rewarding at the same time.”

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  • 70
    BaziCenterBaziCenter
    trust 58Oct 8, 2017

    “Despite suffering from several issues and the fact that it is not suitable for many types of gamers, Blood Bowl 2 is heaven on earth for tabletop fanatics. Deep gameplay, strong campaign mode and the ability to build different teams with different lineups really help increase the fun. And don’t forget that all of the downloadable contents are also included in the Legendary Edition. ”

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  • 80
    The Overpowered Noobs
    trust 56Sep 12, 2017

    “Blood Bowl 2 - Legendary Edition is a brilliant iteration of a quality, fully-realized tabletop title with tons of replayability. Expensive? Yes. Niche? For sure; some people will be like “WTF? Fantasy football, but like, fantasy fantasy?” Worth it for the fans? Hell yeah. This is the bloodiest, funniest damn sports game that has or likely will ever be made, and if you dig the IP, like strategy and have the cash, I say grab it like a mad chainsaw-wielding Goblin going for the spike-covered pigskin.”

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Patch history

  1. Bug Fixes Update 3.0.210.1
    Mar 26, 2018
  2. Bug Fixes Update 3.0.210.1
    Mar 26, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  3. Start of the Champion Ladder Season X!
    Oct 18, 2017
  4. Start of the Champion Ladder Season X!
    Oct 18, 2017
  5. Major Bug Fix Update
    Oct 4, 2017significant · resets scoring window
  6. Major Bug Fix Update
    Oct 4, 2017significant · resets scoring window
  7. Hotfix - Sept 11th 2017
    Sep 11, 2017
  8. Hotfix - Sept 11th 2017
    Sep 11, 2017
  9. Update on Post-Launch Support
    Sep 7, 2017
  10. Update on Post-Launch Support
    Sep 7, 2017
  11. Legendary Launch Trailer
    Sep 5, 2017significant · resets scoring window
  12. Legendary Launch Trailer
    Sep 5, 2017significant · resets scoring window
  13. Pre-order Legendary Beta Now Live!
    Aug 17, 2017
  14. Pre-order Legendary Beta Now Live!
    Aug 17, 2017
  15. Nurgle Team Now Available!
    Nov 22, 2016
  16. Nurgle Team Now Available!
    Nov 22, 2016significant · resets scoring window
  17. Necromantic Team Now Available!
    Sep 8, 2016
  18. Necromantic Team Now Available!
    Sep 8, 2016significant · resets scoring window
  19. Undead Team Now Available!
    Jul 19, 2016
  20. Undead Team Now Available!
    Jul 19, 2016significant · resets scoring window
  21. Undead Beta Live!
    Jul 5, 2016
  22. Undead Beta Live!
    Jul 5, 2016
  23. Mac version is now available!
    May 17, 2016
  24. Mac version is now available!
    May 17, 2016
  25. The Norse team arrive soon!
    Apr 22, 2016
  26. The Norse team arrive soon!
    Apr 22, 2016
  27. Norse Community Update
    Mar 7, 2016
  28. Norse Community Update
    Mar 7, 2016
  29. Update Deployment 17/12/15
    Dec 15, 2015
  30. Update Deployment 17/12/15
    Dec 15, 2015
  31. New Devblog on the next update
    Dec 4, 2015
  32. New Devblog on the next update
    Dec 4, 2015
  33. UPDATE 1.9.0.13
    Nov 12, 2015
  34. UPDATE 1.9.0.13
    Nov 12, 2015