Backbreaker Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[o Mass Murda o]

this thread is crazy with 90pct crying about the camera. it truly speaks loudly to solidify that ppl hate change. youre outta your mind to think in less than a day you should have mastered the camera and be dominating and be able to do exactly what you want cuz u played a few hours. bottom line is its easy to pick up but will take TIME TO LEARN AND MASTER! its been known for 3yrs what the camera was gona be. no clue why ppl are expecting a patched in madden cam. if you cant accept change and actually take time to learn the nuances and such to get good....u shouldnt be bothering to play it. its evident madden/ncaa got you trained and your having too much trouble accepting and adapting to a new game.

answer this...if you get good at call of duty over the course of a yr...do you expect to pick up another shooter franchise and expect to have it mastered immediately in less than 24hrs? do you expect the button layout to be identical? the gunplay to be the same? or do you take time to learn it and its nuances then get good over time? this instant gratification society is a little crazy sometimes.

the game isnt perfect and thats a fact. a learning curve is expected. if u take the necessary time to adjust and learn youll prolly have a diff view and see the game in its glory. im willing to invest more than a day to learn and will enjoy this title along with many others as long as the ai proves solid. its a lil shaky in this demo but that could be due to being a demo afterall. i dont believe that full ai could possibly be included in a 400mb demo...esp with the graphics and physics we"re playing with.

IMO if madden had this cam all along and BB came with god cam...everyone would be crying for the 3rd person cam to be patched in. give it a REAL chance ppl!! unlearn EA football...or at least forget it for now. I really think its a solid demo with a few question marks to be answered with a full game disc on the 1st

[adembroski]

Glad impressions are good. Can't wait 'till Tuesday.

[maddenps2]

This is the first time i've played a next gen football game that had a next gen feel. The player motion and animations blow madden away. Yes they aren't perfect, there are flaws, but the overall smoothness and feel of the animations, don't look nearly as canned or cookie cutter as madden.

A glitch i found, the computer QB threw a pass which was ruled an intentinal grounded. I accepted the penalty and called a timeout, the game froze up on the scoreboard.


I'm glad a small video company had the balls, vision, and will power to push/innovate the face of next gen football in the right direction. Don't you wish a huge company Like EA would do this?

Flaws will be found, the game isn't near perfect, but it's damn immpressive for a first try and using a new type of engine.

[maddenps2]

I'd like to compare Madden and Backbreaker to a couple skateboarding games we all know well. Remember tony hawk skateboarding and how great it was for many years. Neversoft kept on pushing more and more tony hawks out, very little innovation, and the series got stale. When tony hawk came to next gen, it still felt like it hadn't innovated anything.

Then suddenly the Skate series emerged and it blew us away and tony hawk away. Skate felt fresh, innovative, and next gen. Madden to me feels like tony hawk, and backbreaker is like skate. Just a little thought i had as i was playing the backbreaker and skate 3 demos.

[ZeeAyKay]

I love playing offense. QB feels great, and if i throw a Pick I generally know it was my fault. I think we will see HUMAN interceptions down a lot as we all get better.

Defense is a whole other beast, though. I am fine with the Camera angle, and I enjoy playing linebacker. The problem is, the offensive AI SUCKS!!! I can't believe how bad it is. Every time I play I get more and more frustrated on defense. I play as the worst team vs. the best team, and the QB still throws picks left and right and gets sacked. The run game is at least decent, but every time the QB holds onto the ball it almost always ends in a sack or INT. It's honestly really hard for me to understand how they could screw that up so bad, and I'm praying for a DEV to say something about how they fixed it in the real game.

I'm still buying the game, no doubt. Playing a human opponent will fix almost all the issues I have. The game is revolutionary and that's a fact. But if the QB AI is this bad, then ROAD TO BACKBREAKER and SEASON will be pointless when they you score 5 INT's (at least) a game... without even doing anything!

Oh, and Tackle Alley is a blast! It's a great little game to show off to friends. It's hard not to be impressed w/ the animations and anyone can pick it up and play.

EDIT: Oh, and yes. I am playing on PRO and HARD.

[SIM RULES]

The British have yet again started a cultural revolution...lol
After playing this demo for a few hours, and by simply using football common sense, I am thankful for this sim experience. IMO the British have successfully invaded American video football, and are showing us how to play our own sport correctly. I kind of feel embarrassed that it took the British to step in with little to no experience, and change the course of football, and set it on it's correct course.

I am loving the camera angle, and hope that they do not try to appease those that enjoy the standard 20 year old, unrealistic football view. Initially it was awkward for me, now I love the fact that it represents real football, and how the game is viewed by the players on the field. Football fans, and sim guys should be having a blast with this demo. Aside from a few AI issues, this game is very solid in every area. I am a beast on defense now that I read the offense, focus on my assignment, and stop trying to switch players so much.

[SIM RULES]

Another thing that I love about having this demo is that it offers people a choice. If you do not like it, you can play the other football games offered this year. I think we can all agree that having a choice between different football games is a great thing, instead of being forced to accept one companies version of football.

[NoSkillz50]

i think the dissatisfaction with the camera is due to frustration and the fact that it's a little cluttered and nerve-racking. that's how football is though, the qb has to read the defense from that angle, they have to progress through their reads, they can't throw it to any receiver they want at will at any time during their routes. real qbs don't approach the game like you do in madden, they can't get that clear vision of the field until they go back and study the tape. i think people will learn how to pass from this new camera angle. the peripheral vision is fine, it's a decent 3rd person camera, its not the usual 120 degree fps vision. might not be perfect, but it's pretty reasonable.