Blood Bowl 3 Devs Address Monetization

[@icemage21k]

this is like a person who steals a lot, then they "fix" it and now the person get praise for stealing a tiny bit less... its still stealing!

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

I don't think that's a good comparison. They are selling a product, not stealing money. They made the product cheaper.

[@icemage21k]

@@GamerAbroadGaming it was a metaphor for they do bad stuff and get praised for doing a little less...

[@FoulPet]

​@Gaming Abroad They are selling a feature that's included in the game. It's like buying a car and then having it show up with no paint, no radio and one seat for the driver. Oh, I didn't know you wanted those items. That will be exta. It's not like you're renting it.

[@bloodredroses88]

I disagree with how they say it'll take time to change the equipment from 1 to all players. It's one line of code. And if they can give season 1 of the pass away for free then they obviously didn't need to charge for it to begin with. This back tracking bollocks to look like good guys doesn't work for me. They got caught being scum and now are panicking. It should have been obvious about all the flaws before release, it's not like the devs are sitting there testing the game thinking "yeah I really love how I can spend $100 to equip each team!" Utter shit.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

You make a good point at the end. You're right, I don't see how they thought that would be acceptable unless they planned to unlock tons of warpstones or cosmetics through the blood pass or make the warpstones cheap. But we already saw the prices or warpstones on Playstation. Your speculation is probably true.

[@FoulPet]

Playing BB2 then 3 it's ridiculously obvious that the AI is worse than 2. Sure 2 does stupid stuff sometimes, but you can see it's trying to score. BB3 I've watched it run out the entire spare time on turn two, then do nothing for almost the entire half. I had to start punching stuff to wake it up.

[@velez910]

Not going back burned that bridge I'll speak with my money

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Tell mommy everything is fine now.

[@Lordwolfhound]

I want a better offline like blood bowl 2 I don’t want to play with people online

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Blood Bowl 3 has a complete offline mode. You don't have to be online or play with other players.

[@FoulPet]

A parrot could beat the AI on BB3.

[@markfreenick]

I still got constantly game crushes and "surrender" result when go back after 30 sec so do not matter who much customisation costs to me.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

I'm sorry to hear that. What game modes do you play and what teams? I have been playing elven union in QM and been having a decent time

[@markfreenick]

Skaven in qm mostly. But got crashes in campaign to, was trying to play story mod as dwarfs and nurgle.

[@muppetjoe870]

I'm currently working on my table top teams and getting a bunch of friends into it. Also my Psvr2 arrives this week. Plenty to keep me busy at the moment while I wait for the issues to be ironed out.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Happy to hear this. I live in Vietnam, a table top game is near impossible. (Not complaing)

[@skudfisher]

I have gotten back into the tabletop game too because this was such a mess. I just grabbed and assembled the Amazon team and am also painting lizardmen this week. 😂

[@grassCrow]

i prefer they be in it to make money … they dont seem to act like it … if they want me to give them my money then they need to make a good game

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

It's just an updated version of the game, less polished than BB2, but I do like the quick match and new ruleset. I will stick with it.

[@akitainu78]

Question as a non english native, maybe its me or their franglish in the statement. What is it now? Pass costs x and still grind to lvl 50 for a team? Or pass costs and team unlocks directly. Or pass is free and team unlocks at 50?

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

I believe that the pass will be free, but one will still need to grind.

[@FoulPet]

After BB2, there really should not be a need to listen. This should have been a well polished, smooth running masterpiece. Instead, it's a lazy, clunky, dirty money grab.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

That's the sad state of the game industry these days., Gonne is the days of releasing a finished product.

[@johnwiser71]

“Gone is the days of releasing a finished product.”. While this is true the days of picking up said title day one has gone away as well. No hurry as we have BB2 to play as well as other titles such as Mutant Football League to keep us busy for a few months while we see how BB3 turns out (and perhaps a price drop but we shall see.).

[@nathanstruble2177]

I'll believe it when I see it. Words can be as pretty as they like, when they ditch the microtransactions and make the game actually playable then I'll consider buying the game at a steep discount. I refuse to pay full price for such outlandish ghoulery

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

I hope you get your wish. I have been happy with it since a few fixes. Its running great and I enjoy the game thus far.

[@diamondmeeple]

So no "main" blood bowl leauge is open yet?

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Just unofficial ones, lots of info in the community discord.

[@cognitiveresonance339]

I think they released the game with the purpose of getting feedback on how to wrap it up. The issues will melt away in the next few months.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

That's some positivity. I think so too, so far I am really enjoying it.

[@FoulPet]

Doubt they will close the cash shop

[@christopherdorazio1705]

Just play part 2, it's so great and looks better.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

A lot of people agree with you!

[@calebwasthere420]

I was really excited for this game. But hearing all the bad stuff made me want to wait. Just bought a ps5 so playing Spider-Man in the meantime 😂

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Spiderman sounds cool. I haven't had any problems this week with BB3, might be getting sorted. They had another bugfix patch the other day.

[@calebwasthere420]

@@GamerAbroadGaming I’m gonna have to grab it. Just feel like they’re being stingy with all the transactions. But it is a games workshop game, who charge sometimes $200+ plastic models. They really are a greedy company

[@gftvletsplay4087]

Thank you for the update. Glad that they're not giving up on the game. I hope they fix the mutation effects so people can se Nurgle gas, tentacles, ect. I'm a fighting game fan so I have a lot of them to keep me busy and right now I'm playing Mordheim.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

AH very nice, did you get Mordheim recently during the discount? That game looked very good.

[@gftvletsplay4087]

@@GamerAbroadGaming Its a very fun game. My only complaint is that you cant see your opponents movement when its thier turn(Necromunda fixed that) and the map sometime freez up but thats very minor. I got it on playstore for 2.99.

[@philipford6183]

BB3 still looks like a visual downgrade to BB2. This is the biggest problem for me. I just cannot understand how no progress on visual presentation at all was made between the two games - quite the opposite. It's baffling. No sale.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Many feel the same. I think the game looks great and has a lot of potential. And a lot of kinks to be ironed out.

[@mitsota101]

What a fuggin' joke man The fact that they had to be practically bullied off the internet, before they decided to backpedal on their absurd monetization alone, speaks volumes about the people in charge of this thing. They say that nobody strives to make a crap product but honestly it's hard to think that these guys were doing their best, to make the best product they could.

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

This is the plight of the modern video game. At least we can make some noise and they will respond and change it. That is what our voice is for. If they make it right then I will play it.

[@benjaminbentaouzina9410]

kinda got borred with it fifnd it and currently downloading ddark tide

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

I just watched a traler for that, that looks fun.

[@benjaminbentaouzina9410]

@@GamerAbroadGaming spent 8h straight with it,-

[@benjaminbentaouzina9410]

@@GamerAbroadGaming got lost in dark tide been a while ive been this crazy for a game, worth a look :)

[@michaellee9926]

They are only addressing any of this bc it’s an embarrassment and bloodbowl II has more players

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

I agree with you.

[@dongriffith2662]

Now i will return and play the game as well as update my negative review to positive. this + broken passing was my biggest gripe. Other games Marauders rimworld

[@GamerAbroadGaming]

Let me know how it goes. I experienced a crash a few day ago, even though they said they fixed the issue. Please keep me updated.