Backbreaker Patch "Greathouse" Impressions (PS3, 360)

[LingeringRegime]

Quote: Originally Posted by DavonBrown

Good to hear. I've played 2 games so far and all I've seen them do is attempt a shoulder barge.

Yeah, it just takes some time to see more. I just saw them do a spin move too. It has definitely been toned down a lot though.

[bonannogiovanni]

Can you throw while scrambling now? Thanks.

[jaosming]

i couldnt find the post but I need to apologize to someone


there are indeed faces underneath those visors (take a look with the free flying replay camera), I argued that there wasnt.

[mgoblue678]

Just saw a pretty sweet play. Threw the ball to an open WR running down the middle, and I was about to get into the endzone when the safety and cornerback hammered him to cause a fumble. The way it looked was just a thing of beauty, cb hit him low and the FS hit him high putting his helmet right on the ball. Good to see other players besides the qb fumble.

[LingeringRegime]

Quote: Originally Posted by mgoblue678

Just saw a pretty sweet play. Threw the ball to an open WR running down the middle, and I was about to get into the endzone when the safety and cornerback hammered him to cause a fumble. The way it looked was just a thing of beauty, cb hit him low and the FS hit him high putting his helmet right on the ball. Good to see other players besides the qb fumble.

Yeah, I saw something like that as well. My receiver caught the ball held it for about three seconds and got blasted by a safety. Helmet on ball, the ball went flying out of for a fumble. Looked great.

[coolbreez35]

Jmd-- us old dogs not all are stuck to old god cam im 35 I like this view just like I liked tecmo bowl view (nes)

[LingeringRegime]

Thought this was a good post from Todd the BB Head Developer...

Quote:

Hi Guys, Lots of things affect the chance of a fumble, wet weather, juking, spinning, just caught a ball, etc... not to mention player attributes. Btw: cover-up reduces the chance... Todd

It is nice to see that wet weather will increase the likelihood of fumbles. It is not merely a cosmetic difference.

[jaosming]

Played Pats (me) vs Lions. Both QBs at around 50% completions

Does anyone else think they cranked up the overall game speed across the board? All the animations seem faster. Kicking and Punting animations are unrealistically sped up IMO.

Sacked twice, 1 sack for me on D. First sack was to see how long I actually have in the pocket, 2nd my O-Line just got hammered on the right side, safety got me untouched.

It took me 3 quarters to get used to the "WR drops", but I checked every single one of those drops and they all had helmet/hand on the ball before it was tucked. It actually worked out good for me, I threw an interception but jacked the safety with my TE for a fumble and got it back....pretty sweet. I had 2 other INTs, one was a stupid, stupid, decision, the 2nd one got deflected by Moss in the endzone, bounced off a defender, then a 2nd defender dove for it, got up, and started running with it (love this game).

The above INT happened after a nice 4th quarter drive with 30 seconds left down 6-3....this is my 2nd Backbreaker game ever with no TDs. (first being my still crappy rated (hording "cash") RTBB team against the 2nd league's all-stars, I won 8-6.)

IMO the patch shows more of the game's potential.....but still leaves a lot to be desired. Hopefully we can figure out what is going on with the custom teams and tweak the ratings for better catches.