Backbreaker Screenshots: 11 vs. 11 Confirmed

[elgreazy1]

I am being very realistic with my expectations for this game. Of course there are the pros to think about which is a new technology & some open competition for football gaming, but as stated by others, this game is starting from the ground up so there are going to be a lot of problems (or at least I forsee that) initially.

It's nearly impossible to expect a game as complex as football to have a brand new football engine that could rival that of 2Ks or even to a lesser extent Madden & Blitz. It's going to take a couple years for this "machine" to be finely tuned and up and running from the X's & O's stand point, that's just being realistic. The devs have been working on BB for, what 2+ years, so I may be surprised.

Personally, I give every football game the same benefit of the doubt: test by renting/borrowing & then deciding on my purchase. I am the consumer, so a gaming company needs to EARN my money. What I'm looking for in a football game is not necessarily what others want. What I look for is: SIM style gameplay, great Xs & Os, and replayability. As skeptical as I was with APF initially, it somehow has lasted 3 plus years in my 360 even without the NFL license.

Now, dont' get me wrong, I'd love, I mean LOVE to see multiple NFL-based football games, but sadly that is not the option. And I am not one of those guys who just wants a "non-Madden" game, I just want a great playing game. Madden & NCAA have lacked for me in the gameplay department in the current console generation, but I give it major props for being a beautiful looking game (not so much in motion, though), having great design elements, etc. Head Coach does some things amazingly well, but in the end, I want to play football, not manage teams all day. Blitz had a nice angle, but as stated, it was not SIM but I didn't knock the game for that, it simply was just not my style. With Backbreaker, I'm not sure what I'll get.

Do I want BB to succeed? Hell yes! Competition is a beautiful thing. Competition breeds excellence and we saw perfect examples of this in the 2000-2004 years when 2K & EA were at each others throats with trying to upstage one another. In the end the consumers won because both companies pushed each other to the limits. Since then, can people honestly say Madden has made the strides it should have made without a competitor? I think not.

[MattIntellect]

So Backbreaker won't have any sidelines?

[Afrikan]

Quote: Originally Posted by MattIntellect

So Backbreaker won't have any sidelines?

we don't know yet...but so far it seems that way..... there is alot of info and video that is suppose to release in this next month... with info coming this Saturday..

with the crowd they have...you would hope they can add sideline personal....but at the same time if you think about it....maybe they have a hard time having the players on the field and the sideline players because of their physics tech.... I mean imagine a tackle happening close to the sideline... with everything else being realistic...you would expect a sideline collision with the players and coaches to be realistic...

I'm sure they are trying to find the balance between what they can do and what they want to do...

[duke776]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maximus205

Its the instant replay effect like you are looking at the jumbotron.

Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks for the reply.

[mercalnd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maximus205

Its their take on football in the future.

As I stated before and BK alluded to, if a futuristic look is what they're going for then it's strage that they went for big equipment that looks like a body armor. Football gear has been getting consistently smaller, lighter and more flexible over the last few decades.

Quote: Originally Posted by Maximus205

I think its under the umbrella also. Its where NFL players go to play in the off season. Notice the sticker on the back of the helmet with the nfl team they play for.

NFL Europe was part of the NFL license. The league no longer exists so it's a moot point.

[bvb24]

11 vs. 11 is good news. Beyond that it's a picture. Nothing more nothing less. I'm excited something new is coming mostly because I would sacrifice real players for better gameplay. But until I play this and Madden, my mind won't be made up.

[jWILL253]

Good stuff. I hope they have some version of the West Coast Offense.

*Notice how I didn't comment on Madden...*

[MattIntellect]

Quote: Originally Posted by bvb24

11 vs. 11 is good news. Beyond that it's a picture. Nothing more nothing less. I'm excited something new is coming mostly because I would sacrifice real players for better gameplay. But until I play this and Madden, my mind won't be made up.

I'm sure it won't, Madden is looking great so far, which could really make it a tough decision.