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Digital rights management
The PC version of Blood Bowl has SecuROM
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digital rights management
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technology. SecuROM
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exists in both the DVD retail box release and the digital download releases, including digital download distributions from both Steam
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and Impulse
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* Impulse (physics), in mechanics, the change of momentum of an object; the integral of a force with respect to time
* Impulse noise (disambiguation)
* Specific impulse, the change in momentum per uni ...
content delivery services. An activation code is provided with the game, and there is a specific uninstallation program installed which can be used to revoke the licence for further use.
Reception
''Blood Bowl'' received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator
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Metacritic
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, with the Windows version faring better than the rest. The DS version garnered the most negative reception.
''GameZone'''s Steven Hopper gave the Xbox 360 version a 6.5/10, saying, "Blood Bowl is a missed opportunity as evidenced by the potential of the source on which it's based. If you really want to get into the depth and fun of Blood Bowl, you're better off checking out the board game." IT Reviews pointed out that on the Xbox 360, ''Blood Bowl'' had a "flaccid and pointless-seeming real-time mode, rough presentation, nda lack of online options compared to the PC."[ IT Reviews] While reviewing the Windows version, ''PC Powerplay
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'' commented, "Despite some presentation concerns the rest of what was on offer during this match was truly thrilling." ''PC Gamer
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'' wrote similarly, concluding, "If you can penetrate the mysteries of its boardgame-based rules, ''Blood Bowl'' can offer true barbaric happiness."
References
External links
Official site
''Blood Bowl''
at MobyGames
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