Blood Bowl 2
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Developers | |
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Cyanide Studio | |
Publishers | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Engines | |
Cyatech | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 22, 2015 |
macOS (OS X) | May 17, 2016[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
OpenCritic | 71 |
IGDB | 69 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Strategy |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Blood Bowl |
Blood Bowl | |
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Subseries of Warhammer | |
Blood Bowl | 1995 |
Blood Bowl (2009) | 2009 |
Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition | 2012 |
Blood Bowl 2 | 2015 |
Blood Bowl: Death Zone | 2019 |
Blood Bowl 3 | 2023 |
Key points
- Many outstanding bugs and rule miscalculations from previous titles have been fixed.
- Lacking a significant number of league management features from previous titles.
- Various players and rules have been changed from the standard tabletop rules.[2][3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | Legendary Edition also available. | |||
Legendary Edition also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Legendary Edition. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Legendary Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Legendary Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Legendary Edition also available. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable) |
Version differences
- The Legendary Edition includes the base game and all DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Team Pack | Contains up to 8 DLC (Lizardmen, Wood Elves, Norse, Undead, Necromantic, Nurgle, Chaos Dwarfs and Khemri). Price adjusts depending on the number of DLC already owned.[4] | |
Lizardmen | Adds Lizardmen as playable race. Previously available as pre-order bonus. | |
Wood Elves | Adds Wood Elves as playable race. Previously available as pre-order bonus. | |
Norse | Adds Norse as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release. | |
Undead | Adds Undead as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release. | |
Necromantic | Adds Necromantic as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release. | |
Nurgle | Adds Nurgle as playable race. Free, if base game owned prior to release. | |
Chaos Dwarfs | Adds Chaos Dwarfs as playable race. | |
Khemri | Adds Khemri as playable race. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\[Note 1] %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BloodBowl2\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/236690/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BloodBowl2\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/236690/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
- Graphical presets in-game do not explain feature differences between them.
- Numerous standard options are missing in-game and are exclusive to the config files.
- The UI does not properly scale for Nvidia DSR/AMD VSR resolutions beyond native.
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Default maximum of 3200x2400. See Widescreen resolution to override. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Defaults to borderless windowed mode | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Default mode. See Widescreen resolution to override. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 4x maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 4x MSAA maximum in config files. Force higher via graphics control panel. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Default disabled. See Vertical sync (Vsync) or force via graphics control panel. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Locked to 60 FPS; no config file option to remove. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
XML files[citation needed] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
XML file[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | <Vibrations> section in Data\Options.xml |
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Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
- Subtitles can be mistranslated from actual speech for certain languages.
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound and Commentators | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 2 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | Matchmaking done within the league your team is registered. | |
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
- A specific API cannot be forced via the config files.
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Shader Model support | 4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.5 GHz Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 5670 768 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.3 compatible DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
- Despite stated system requirements, game will not run without DirectX 11 or OpenGL 3.3 support.
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/236690/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (236690) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Mac version is now available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Blood Bowl 2 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ bloodbowl-game.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ thenaf.net - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ http://forum.bloodbowl-game.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=8472