What if a football game was a combination of APF/Backbreaker

[SolidSquid]

Both games had their strengths and weaknesses, whats would you combine from each to make a great football game?

[TCFClemson]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Both games had their strengths and weaknesses, whats would you combine from each to make a great football game?

Only things I would take from BB would be player interactions aka physics and team customization.

[PaleVermilion]

I loved how Backbreaker looked. The atmospherics of it I'm talking. It didn't look cartoonish or fake like some other sports games. It felt like there was actual depth when looking across a stadium, looking into the lights felt like you were looking up in a stadium into real lights, that type of thing.

[mestevo]

I liked the nontraditional franchise elements in BB. Interesting wrinkle in the usual formula.

Since joining Zynga I haven't noticed much going on with Natural Motion's middleware and all their case studies are for last gen.

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by TCFClemson

Only things I would take from BB would be player interactions aka physics and team customization.

I'd like to see back breakers physics layered on top of 2ks animations. 2k had some really great animations from WR/DB interaction to line play. Putting physics on top of that to take into consideration height,weight, momentum, and strength would be football videogame nirvana for me.

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

I liked the nontraditional franchise elements in BB. Interesting wrinkle in the usual formula. Since joining Zynga I haven't noticed much going on with Natural Motion's middleware and all their case studies are for last gen.

Pretty sure natural motion is a European developer hence the relegation aspect of road to back breaker, definitly a great idea. I loved not only having to worry about winning championships but also trying to move up to better leagues.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Pretty sure natural motion is a European developer hence the relegation aspect of road to back breaker, definitly a great idea. I loved not only having to worry about winning championships but also trying to move up to better leagues.

They are, just not sure their tech is as attractive under the Zynga umbrella. Their only representation on the year-old current gen consoles is the GTA V port.

Surprised we haven't had a new tackle alley with Zynga's struggles. Modernize and reissue it for some easy dough.

[TCFClemson]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Pretty sure natural motion is a European developer hence the relegation aspect of road to back breaker, definitly a great idea. I loved not only having to worry about winning championships but also trying to move up to better leagues.

They are British...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaturalMotion