Major Backbreaker Patch in the Works

[boooey]

so we have no time frame at all for this patch yet?

[foolish813]

I read a recent post from Todd saying that a patch announcement was coming very soon. And there was a guy griping about the passing camera angle and Todd replied to him that he would be very pleased with the patch. It's sounding good to me.

[boooey]

the new camera angle doesn't need to be as zoomed out as madden, as long as its enough to some kind of peripheral vision it would be good i think.

as it stands now, there is just too much action happening on the field where i don't even know what is going on.

there was a few fumbles, and i didnt even see them, so I didnt even have a chance to go for the ball in a few games..

I have cut back during some runs, only to be clobbered by a defender that was runnng back to me.. i did not even see him because the camera is just too close, and there is no peripheral vision.

They give us this great new shiny physics engine, but you have to play it through a tiny little window.

Bad move on their part to release this game with only that single camera angle. Its just way too restrictive IMO.

At least give an option of zooming out.

I understand the dev's vision and desire to be "different" from Madden, but if you make the game that difficult to just pick up and play, then it will fail miserably in this day and age of ADD.

i also have to call non punt block formations or i get a roughing the kicker every time.

I really hope the patch addresses some or all of these issues, because even the real NFL teams wont matter to me if I am not having fun playing the game.

I have not given up yet on this game though!

[Charleston_Tiger]

Quote: Originally Posted by boooey

the new camera angle doesn't need to be as zoomed out as madden, as long as its enough to some kind of peripheral vision it would be good i think. as it stands now, there is just too much action happening on the field where i don't even know what is going on. there was a few fumbles, and i didnt even see them, so I didnt even have a chance to go for the ball in a few games.. I have cut back during some runs, only to be clobbered by a defender that was runnng back to me.. i did not even see him because the camera is just too close, and there is no peripheral vision. They give us this great new shiny physics engine, but you have to play it through a tiny little window. Bad move on their part to release this game with only that single camera angle. Its just way too restrictive IMO. At least give an option of zooming out. I understand the dev's vision and desire to be "different" from Madden, but if you make the game that difficult to just pick up and play, then it will fail miserably in this day and age of ADD. i also have to call non punt block formations or i get a roughing the kicker every time. I really hope the patch addresses some or all of these issues, because even the real NFL teams wont matter to me if I am not having fun playing the game. I have not given up yet on this game though!

Ive gotten only a couple roughing the kicker penalties (Yes it is a problem with the AI) but you are vastly overstating it.

The Running Camera is fine IMO. Press the focus button to look towards the inside.

The passing camera needs to be moved back a touch and slightly higher.

My biggest problem is Oline AI sometimes doesnt make the proper reads and will leave people unblocked. It is way too easy to stop the computers offense.

This is really noticeable in RTBB when I haven't upgraded a single Defensive player so far and I am still shutting down teams on the second tier. This shouldnt be the case.

[coolbreez35]

Tone the d down up the cpu o I.q

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Charleston_Tiger

Ive gotten only a couple roughing the kicker penalties (Yes it is a problem with the AI) but you are vastly overstating it.

It really depends on the teams that are playing, all 3 of my first games in RtBB every punt return (is punt block even in the game, not sure I've looked) I called roughed. Game 4 I started just blocking all of them, if it wasn't going to be realistic I was going to at least have it be in my favor (that's also when I started calling 100% running plays and stopped passing for ~6 games until I got a QB that could do anything meaningful).

It would feel like less of a problem if they correctly awarded a first down, many of the times it happened it would do so on consecutive plays because it was 4th and > 15.

[Charleston_Tiger]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

It really depends on the teams that are playing, all 3 of my first games in RtBB every punt return (is punt block even in the game, not sure I've looked) I called roughed. Game 4 I started just blocking all of them, if it wasn't going to be realistic I was going to at least have it be in my favor (that's also when I started calling 100% running plays and stopped passing for ~6 games until I got a QB that could do anything meaningful). It would feel like less of a problem if they correctly awarded a first down, many of the times it happened it would do so on consecutive plays because it was 4th and > 15.

I have a hard time believing that when I have had two roughings in about 25+ games.

As far as the penalty is concerned yes it needs to be fixed. The penalty system all together needs work. The game engine makes it harder to implement. Other games have animations for penalties. This not so much so its harder to do. Other game if X animation pops out of 100 or so animations then throw flag.

[D.1]

there really needs to be a new replay system so we can see the whole field and rotate the camera so we can get good views of the beauty of this physics engine...
does anyone know if they will put in a new replay system???