The percentages of dodges working or not working become more ambiguous even though 67% mockingly remains on your screen at all times.

This takes skill out of the equation and creates a lot of frustration when trying to make even the simplest of moves to improve your positioning. Combine this with some choppy animated cutscenes for when players make a big hit and you’re left without a lot of adrenaline coursing through during each game.ĭoes it want to be a strategy game? The “blocking dice” decide almost all outcomes of how a game turns out, which will not be in your favor very often as the campaign gains difficulty. This lack of fluidity makes the gameplay feel clunky at times. I had several instances where my player with the ball was definitely going to score, but I knew it would be another five or ten minutes before he had his next turn to make his way into the end zone. Does it want to be a sports game? If so, it does many things in a mediocre fashion. That leads me into the area that hurts this game the most, which is that it feels like a game that does not know what it wants to be. In a way, this can be a good thing in games because it promotes a certain level of exploration, but in a sports game, you want things to be cut and dry in this area. Basically getting the player started by saying, “Hey! Click the players, screen and everywhere else!” It does so with very little explanation of main aspects of the game, like a limited amount of multi-space knockdowns per turn, benefits of where to move certain players strategically and leaves the player in a spot where they have to figure it all out themselves. The campaign starts off with a tutorial that leaves a bit to be desired. If Battle Chess and NFL Blitz had an estranged love child it would be Blood Bowl 2.

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