Perhaps that would’ve been a better place to spend my cash than a lumbering Troll. Having had a great team in the original game, I'd forgotten that I really do need a Goblin for speedy bursts into the End-Zone, though, and that Black Orcs need to be powered up with Block and Mighty Blow to be truly formidable.

However, this is what’s great about BB:LE – the teams play so differently that there’s something for everyone. In the end, I settled for my trusty Orcs, as this race has a great blend of power and speed. I tried the Nurgle too, but quickly became bored with the team’s ploddiness, while the Vampire and Ogre races both comprise two types of player, so held little appeal. There’s little difference between the Necromantic and the Undead, for example, as only a few player-types are different. Some of the new races seem arbitrarily different, rather than genuinely distinct, though. However, my Story game crashed after two games, and as I already knew everything about the original nine races, I just played a few exhibition matches with the new races to get a feel for them. It forces you to participate in a match between two races, with you choosing which of the two to control.

The Story mode basically seems to be a quick way to get some familiarity with the many races of BB:LE. The Norse race is a welcome inclusion in BB:LE