Backbreaker Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[hatisback]

Quote: Originally Posted by TerryP

Playing on Pro/Hard, enjoying the hits/tackles, but the cpu offense sure seems inept.

I thought that too at first, but the teams are really different and play differently. I found that out when I went against the Spartans.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by hatisback

#1: Maybe they wanted to make sure they had enough time to score before the half. #2: Its the half, not the end of the game. Why go for a hail mary if you are not near the 50?

Down 7-3 at half, don't you want to try to get into position to score points. If you don't score points before the half, why not run the ball?

#1, they had enough time to score in the half. 1 min 52 secs and the ball is on the 7 and there isn't enough time to score in the half on 2nd down? Wind the clock down, theory.

Man, constructive criticism can't be applied in this thread. Someone has to shoot holes in your own observations all the time.

[hatisback]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

Question for someone who might know. If I queue the Backbreaker demo to start downloading from the xbox.com website. Will it turn on my Xbox at home to start downloading? Reason i am asking is I don't want my 360 just sitting on for another 5 hours before I get home from work.

Unfortunately it wont start DLing until you turn it on when you get home. The demo doesnt take long at all to DL. Maybe a half hour at the most.

[turftickler]

Quote: Originally Posted by statnut

Any tips for lob passing? I can not get it.

Know where your players are lining up and defenders. Then the timing is up to you. I get sacked more often than not because I hold onto the ball, not because there are nano blitzes or suction tackles

[june1004]

Yeah, I definitely will be purchasing this on the first day. Everything plays tight, and I've only had one minor error with the game, aside from it freezing once, but it's just a demo; the error was found on a play where I threw the ball, and it was an incomplete pass only...another guy from the other team picked it up like it was a fumble and was running around with it, so naturally, I tackled him. Well, to my surprise, he got back up after being gang tackled and piled on by my entire team, so I tackled him again. This pattern continued for about 10 minutes straight and I could never figure out a way to stop this so I had to turn my system off. I'm pretty sure it's just a bug in the demo because other than this, I've had no issues.

On the passing side of the ball, I'm still getting used to the whole timing-based passing system. Gone are the days where I could throw a player the ball during a cut and expect it to land in his lap. My only issue is that during a few of my misplaced throws to guys that were open, I overthrew the ball so much, it got intercepted. Very frustrating, but not a flaw in the game; this is simply me not knowing how to play very well yet. I love the vision in the game, and switching receivers is very hard mid-play, as it would be to make several reads in the NFL in a matter of seconds. Very well done on the passing side of the ball.

On the running side of the ball, it's very authentic. 99% of the run plays are for less than 5 yards, which is very realistic if you ever watch a full length NFL season. The huge runs that we see on Sportscenter the next morning are 1 in about 30 per player, if that. So I love the running game, but I have found myself going too far backwards as the camera swings around to center itself, but that's just another thing I need to get used to. This is not the game's fault, but something that I can work on. I love the learning curve as Madden has become something very easy to pick up and play, whereas this takes some getting used to. Kudos to the dev team for that.

On the defense/special teams, I think this is the best thing to do in the whole game. It plays exactly like one would expect it to when thinking about the NFL. Of course, when we can lengthen the quarters, we'll find it more authentic, but we are no longer trying to mircomanage the entire field anymore. We have responsibilities to take care of with out one player, and we need to do those, whether it's guarding a man, playing a zone, rushing the passer, or being a QB spy, we have to execute that task and not roam the field trying to make a huge play. I've been the safety the last 3 games, and I think I've only been involved in a total of 4 plays, and it's be so rewarding because that is when you know you are doing your job, when the ball doesn't even come to you.

For my overall impressions, the players move realistically, and the tackles themselves are about as perfect as we could hope to see in this game. There are few glitches and almost nothing to report as glaringly wrong. The player bodies are pretty well proportioned to the positions, and the gameplay itself is a very good risk/reward basis. I look forward to getting my hands on the full copy in 10 days, but until then, I'm going to keep playing the demo looking for things to talk about. I hope this review has helped those who have the PS3/

[SIM RULES]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZeeAyKay

Everyone needs to watch the first play in this video. Words cannot describe how amazing it is.

OMG, that was beautiful. Never have I seen such amazing game play footage!!! Can't wait to play more after work. Between this demo and Red Dead, I will not leave the house this weekend.

[fikedemon]

You will NEVER see a play like this in any other game
http://www.youtube.com/user/BBHighli.../0/9LYSEKJo6b0
Thats just sick!!!

[SouthernBrick]

Ughhh....gotta get ready for work. Going to be a long 8 hours and then the 3 day vacation engages(if i don't get called in). I don't have the time to go in depth and give a meaningful review of the demo but, I hope to see some more tonight.

A lot of potential here people but, my biggest question is the A.I.. I've only played one game so I haven't seen enough yet.