Backbreaker Video: Developer Diary #2 - Euphoria (Gamespot)

[TheWatcher]

Bring on the demo, NM.

[mgoblue678]

That was really impressive. The rb reaching out with the ball to get in the endzone, the true gang tackles, the collisions in mid air and the blitz pick up on that one play all looked fantastic. That last play was absolutely beautiful as well. I have no idea how somebody could watch that video and not be impressed by it. Still think the throwing animation could use some work but I can live with that.

With that said , hopefully we can start getting some info on the playbooks and the cpu ai which I still am unsure about.

At the moment this is looking like a first day purchase for me.

It is pretty clear that Euphoria or a similar engine is the future of sports games, at least to me. At this point, it makes any other tech used in current sports game look rather mundane to say the least.

[J-Unit40]

WOW! Now this game has my full attention! That was impressive. The ballcarrier. The tackling. The collisions. The player interaction. Wonderful.

I did not expect to be excited about this game, but I sure am now.

Thanks for posting.

[dickey1331]

I think this game could be pretty fun. Maybe not sim football but still looks fun.

[lasthour]

MMM...mmmmmmmmm This game looks really good. This looks like it is really a "next gen" game. I also like how they showed that falcon on the helmet. I like what these guys are doing.

[booker21]

Enough with Physics and euphoria animations, we know they looks great.

What about game modes? customization? could we create an NFL structure league?
Artificial intelligece?

If the AI sucks the rest is pointless to me.

Games does look great, but player models are really bad imo, They are far from real. Hope they work on next version (if there is one).

Also i think we need to see more "normal" tackles (wrap tackles). 90% of the tackles were Big Hits.

[alliance4g63]

Just noticed something great and if you read any of my past posts in the Madden forum you will see that I asked that this be implemented in Madden.

At 2:00.. WE FINALLY HAVE MOMENTUM! Two defenders over ran the play and there was nothing they could do but attempt an arm tackle. Wow..That is football. That is how it should have been all along.

The day is finally here. This may be just the beginning and it may not be great with the first game but the foundation is there. Now either they need to stick with it or someone needs to buy the rights and use it right. So stay away Ea!

[alliance4g63]

Sorry to post again but damn.. You really have to do a few rewinds to really appreciate what is really going on. The best thing that I am noticing is that defenders seem to have a focused purpose. The blitzers actually looks like he is trying to kill the Qb if not picked up and the tacklers seem relentless to make tackles.

Also check out 2:26..That is just pure beauty there. Look how the defender pursues the ball. He even tracks it with head movement and then drills the receiver!

I am truely amazed at this video now.