Backbreaker Hands-On Preview w/ Gameplay Videos (IGN)

[Hova57]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

Where's the greed? We want a superior football game. There's nothing greedy about purchasing a product. Am I greedy because I won't accept inferior gameplay if it ends up having that? And the bashing... yuck. Really, let's talk BB football and figure out what this game needs to be great. I understand the hate for EA... but it gets really old and hard to read over and over. You drive possible customers away when you harass other products like that. Nothing good comes from repeatedly saying how much you hate EA. I plan to be a day 1 buyer of this game, so before I get harassed by people - I made that clear. I want this game to be my new football fix. In order to achieve that, it needs to be actually good, not just "non-EA football". Edit: Also, has anyone seen any good pass rushing moves or block shedding animations? I was hoping to see some but I haven't really noticed too many yet. On the CB blitzes I think I saw some block shedding. I never saw any spin moves or clear rip/swims when engaged with the OL. I was also hoping to see more "off balanced" OL lunging and trying to bring guys down before they reached the QB. Maybe I just missed it so far.

if you look in the gameplay video thread. i think its like 15 seconds into the defense part the linebacker swims the tackle.

[creed200569]

[quote=CreatineKasey;2040813773]Where's the greed? We want a superior football game.quote]


The problem is you guys are expecting everything from this game their first time around. What sports game do u know that has everything done on their first game. NONE. It took Madden 5 years to get where they are and they still cant get it right. I want a superior football game too, but I'm being realistic here cuz its impossible for ANYBODY to put out a superior football game on their first attempt. This game looks like alot of fun and leaves the door open for a great future ahead. I dont want them to sell this techonology to EA. EA already has enough of a monopoly. If they want to let EA use it,then thats cool,but to give them sole possession of it would really tick me off along with ALOT of other people.

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by mvb34

Thats no excuse, The text sim games developers have less and seem to put the basic football stuff ie injuries..

Can't compare text to graphical. One smart programmer with a tiny budget who knows football can put a text game together. It takes a team of talented people of several disciplines and a considerable budget to produce productions like BackBreaker or any major HD sports game today.

[SouthernBrick]

Quote: Originally Posted by creed200569

What r u kidding me. Of course this game is gonna steal sales away from Madden. So many ppl are tired of that garbage EA puts out every year and this game offers gameplay that has never been seen in a football game ever. BB wont sell more than Madden in its first year probably but I guarantee it will put a dent in its sales and you;d be fooling yourself if you didnt think so. This kind of engine is what ppl have been talking about since the launch of next gen and you dont think that we play a factor in Madden sales?? This game lacked what All Pro needed. A extremely deep team creator,edit player names and teams,customise endzones,franchise mode with drafting and a few other things,Road to BB mode,and good graphics. There is nothing but hype for this game around me here by Tampa. Everytime I go to gamestop,someone is talking about this game and how they cant wait to play it. I dont care about who reviews this game. Its just one person and ppl will be biased towards Madden like this degenerate at IGN who gave Madden 10 a 8.9 when it clearly didnt deserver higher than a 7 with all its problems,especially on gameplay.

Child please!

Madden sales won't break a sweat.

[CreatineKasey]

[quote=creed200569;2040813976]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

Where's the greed? We want a superior football game.quote] The problem is you guys are expecting everything from this game their first time around. What sports game do u know that has everything done on their first game. NONE. It took Madden 5 years to get where they are and they still cant get it right. I want a superior football game too, but I'm being realistic here cuz its impossible for ANYBODY to put out a superior football game on their first attempt. This game looks like alot of fun and leaves the door open for a great future ahead. I dont want them to sell this techonology to EA. EA already has enough of a monopoly. If they want to let EA use it,then thats cool,but to give them sole possession of it would really tick me off along with ALOT of other people.

Yeah.. I'm expecting a game worth $50.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here with all this selling engine talk. Why don't we see what this game is up to? I'm also not giving this game a free pass because it's the first game in the series. Sorry... all these games cost a lot of money. If this game was $20 maybe I'd hold it to a different standard. But as it stands this game will be full priced and because of that, I want a full, solid game. Enough said.

Alright, I'll have to check out that swim move. The reason I'm talking about the whole pocket thing in particular because I thought this camera angle was PERFECT for passing if there's a true pocket around the QB. Imagine having to trust your OL to block guys in your blindside because you truly CANNOT SEE THEM! That's how it is in real life.

I want to see the Demarcus Ware or James Harrison clone fly off the edge coming outta nowhere (his blindside) and swat the ball out of the QB's hands. Jared Allen does it all the time too. It's a huge part of football. This camera angle would capture it well.

[Critical Kills]

CreatineKasey - just wait a couple of months and you can pick this game up for $3 in the bargain bin. J/k...couldn't resist that one.

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

CreatineKasey - just wait a couple of months and you can pick this game up for $3 in the bargain bin. J/k...couldn't resist that one.

^^Ha. I do expect this game to top out somewhere between 200K and 300K copies though. Seems small, but given the size of the team and other savings, they should make a huge profit provided they didn't sign their butts away when they hooked up with 505.

[CreatineKasey]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

CreatineKasey - just wait a couple of months and you can pick this game up for $3 in the bargain bin. J/k...couldn't resist that one.

That's what I should be doing. Have to pay off student loans coming up here. Have to be critical of purchases!