Backbreaker Conference Call

[EyeAmBaldman]

I find it interesting people are dissing this game for mostly lame reasons. No Challenges! For shame! Who freakin' cares? This is NOT an NFL-licensed game. There's nothing that says they HAVE to put challenges in there. The challenge system in Madden is terribly flawed anyway! With BB, they're focused on GAMEPLAY, something EA hasn't done in YEARS. You're basing your flaws based on an already flawed Madden game. Injuries and Fatigue...a problem? Not really. Madden has NEVER handled this properly so why bitch about it? Yeah, they had 3 years to work on this game...and they worked on GAMEPLAY...let me say that again...GAMEPLAY!!!!! Let's hope the gameplay is good...hell, it's gotta be better than Madden in this aspect!

Lol, it amazes me how many excuses people will make up for this game lacking SO much because they want SO badly for it to be good. Meanwhile, another game will have the wrong colored shoelaces and it's a game killer

[EyeAmBaldman]

Everyone WANTS it to be good. Whether it is or not, we'll see when it's released. No one's going to know until they play it. Again, it can't be worse than Madden!

[JayhawkerStL]

Pretty much what I figured. there was just no way that this game was going to be compelling simulation of football out of the gates. I expected to play around wit ht eh game as rental, but never had an inkling that this was going to be the game I was hoping for.

I'm wanting to see Madden go more in the Football Pro direction. BB is clearly more of a Blitz type game that might become a full featured game down the road.

No matter how cool the animations are, this game will have zero effect on Madden.

The main reason I had no expectations for this game was that their focus was clearly on animations and graphics. There was no buzz about realistic formations or stats. So really, it is a tech demo.

Quote: Originally Posted by EyeAmBaldman

Everyone WANTS it to be good. Whether it is or not, we'll see when it's released. No one's going to know until they play it. Again, it can't be worse than Madden!

Haha, yes, yes it can.

[prowler]

This is shaping up to be like the first (and only) TNA wrestling game and AP2K8; it'll get love from the diehards but that's about it. I asked about it at EB and they thought I was talking about that old EA boxing game.

Quote: Originally Posted by DickDalewood

Three words come to mind: Glorified. Tech. Demo. We'll see though I suppose.

Quote: Originally Posted by jayhawker

Pretty much what I figured. there was just no way that this game was going to be compelling simulation of football out of the gates. I expected to play around wit ht eh game as rental, but never had an inkling that this was going to be the game I was hoping for. I'm wanting to see Madden go more in the Football Pro direction. BB is clearly more of a Blitz type game that might become a full featured game down the road. No matter how cool the animations are, this game will have zero effect on Madden. The main reason I had no expectations for this game was that their focus was clearly on animations and graphics. There was no buzz about realistic formations or stats. So really, it is a tech demo.

Exactly.

[SemperVictoria]

Quote: Originally Posted by DickDalewood

Lol, it amazes me how many excuses people will make up for this game lacking SO much because they want SO badly for it to be good. Meanwhile, another game will have the wrong colored shoelaces and it's a game killer

Uh, the "another game" has had over half a decade and still can't produce a quality football title. Shoot, wasn't it just a couple of years ago that Madden's fatigue was FUBAR. And though I'm very disappointed with this news regarding BB, no way in hell would I purchase the other game--just waaaay too many things wrong with it.