Backbreaker Behind the Scenes - Dev Diary 3: Down in the Trenches (IGN)

[o Mass Murda o]

man this camera is so sweet....its just like gears of war. thats what gave gears its "swag". it felt really "in your face" and different from other 3rd person shooters. there was literally no scarier feeling than being huddled up against a wall or aimlessly running and have a guy come outta your blindside and whack u in the head or shotty u to pieces while u never saw it coming. this is what football has needed for so long. a close up feeling of the pace and action of the game.

for the ones who cant get over it and wont buy based off the camera, i feel bad for you. ive been playing madden every yr since the one on genesis. after my 18yrs of playing madden this way, i still have no problem switching to this new perspective. i welcome it and what it will do to legitimize the QB position. no gimmicks, just football iq and reaction to be a good QB. no more god mode and seeing everything and always or 90% of the time seeing the best read. blindsides and primary and secondary reads are gonna actually mean something.

[SouthernBrick]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

Great post Strawberry. When you see the 2 cameras side by side, you really see how much more "in the game" it gets you. I love BB's camera and have since day 1. I can see what they mean when they say the blimp cam wouldn't work for them tho. Gamers try to work out angles for "blimp view throws" when they play with a traditional camera. It's harder to recreate a lob pass over a defender on the traditional camera. Rob actually touches on this in the latest dev diary. I gotta agree with your blocking assessment as well. Backbreaker's blocking is very "madden-like" and that's not a compliment. It looks stiff and robotic and your right, magnifying it probably makes it much more noticeable. It's just no where near the caliber that 2ks game offered. That said, I've played Madden games for years with this caliber blocking or worse (since madden guys spin in circles occasionally) so I can live with it in BB... for it's first try at least.

I agree. Great comparison on the pictures also.

[CreatineKasey]

Nice work, Strawberryshortcake.

I do disagree about the 3rd person camera magnifying AI flaws. I think they will hide them. When you play in "God view" you see each and every player every single play and the corresponding flaw. Third person view should kind of take the attention away from that stuff.

[LaW97]

whoa

what game was in that last video??? i have never heard commentary like that.

that must be user made or something

[LaW97]

but umm,
thinkin about playin QB in BB... would we have to have a QB that is atleast 6'5 to see the field properly???

if were only gonna get these behind the back camera angles then how is a 6'2 QB gonna see over 6'6 o-lineman if the camera is so low

[Afrikan]

Quote: Originally Posted by LaW97

whoa what game was in that last video??? i have never heard commentary like that. that must be user made or something

haha....that guy just had the real life 49ers vs Packers game in the background playing for the audio part...and just setup a play to where he threw a deep TD pass...like the one in the real game......

and overall just did a good job of editing everything together..haha.

[elgreazy1]

It's so weird hearing English accents talking (real) football.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by LaW97

but umm, thinkin about playin QB in BB... would we have to have a QB that is atleast 6'5 to see the field properly??? if were only gonna get these behind the back camera angles then how is a 6'2 QB gonna see over 6'6 o-lineman if the camera is so low

How does a 6'2 QB see over 6'6 o-linemen in the NFL?