Kotaku.com RE review of BB

[strickzilla]

http://kotaku.com/5589700/reconsidering-backbreaker

great insight by this reviewer somethig i felt kinda the same way and this is ti those that har a hard time passing.

BB gave us SO MUCH control passing that it takes a lot of getting used to and i can see where that would be VERY frustrating.

so i gave this person TONS of respect for reevaluating his criticisms of the game

[mestevo]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

Not really a re-review, more like a philosophical discussion where he still says more than once it's probably still not a game that he could recommend people buy.

[elgreazy1]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

I would have preferred he save his "re-review" until after the fabled patch drops.

[allBthere]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

Not really a re-review, more like a philosophical discussion where he still says more than once it's probably still not a game that he could recommend people buy.

he also says things on multiple occasions along the lines of "I've never had a better time doing _______"

he throws some huge praise on the game. The article is 90% positive which is why your comment is very misleading. I read your comment and then read the article and felt compelled to respond because you seem to have missed the point.

[roadman]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

he also says things on multiple occasions along the lines of "I've never had a better time doing _______"

he throws some huge praise on the game. The article is 90% positive which is why your comment is very misleading. I read your comment and then read the article and felt compelled to respond because you seem to have missed the point.

And, yet, I took something totally different than anyone else.

I thought the point of the article was that the football fundamentalist didn't take to BB right away, but perhaps, with the future of sports gaming, in the future people will look back at BB as an innovator and not as bad game as people thought it was.

That was my take.

[Charleston_Tiger]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

he also says things on multiple occasions along the lines of "I've never had a better time doing _______"

he throws some huge praise on the game. The article is 90% positive which is why your comment is very misleading. I read your comment and then read the article and felt compelled to respond because you seem to have missed the point.

That is what I got from the article as well. I dont understand why some people troll over here like they do.

[mestevo]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

Believe it or not, a dissenting opinion isn't trolling.

He said the game got deservedly bad reviews, including his own very harsh take, but there are some philosophical wins to be had, even if the game still can't be recommended.

It's a philosophical column about some general things that were done right in a game that "wasn't supported enough by solid football video game fundamentals" (his concluding words) and not a re-review, which was my point.

[yardz23]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

i think if he gave it a new score it'd be a 7/10.

fun games that get more fun a month after aren't 5/10 games. 5/10 games are bad from the start and dont grow on you as a player. Backbreaker certainly does, i really feel those scores were overly harsh and given out of frustration from reviewers' few hours of gameplay.

[Tyrant8RDFL]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

What the writer describes about BB is exactly how I felt the second I played the game.
I feel this is something that many did not feel or realize right away, and made many not really give BB a chance.

BB has a ton of potnetial, and I really hope a second version of the game is released.

I really feel that the patch will be a very solid one with a few surprises, and after the novelty wears of with other sport titles. Many will give BB another chance, and realize what BB has accomplished.

[allBthere]

Re: Kotaku.com RE review of BB

Believe it or not, a dissenting opinion isn't trolling.

He said the game got deservedly bad reviews, including his own very harsh take, but there are some philosophical wins to be had, even if the game still can't be recommended.

It's a philosophical column about some general things that were done right in a game that "wasn't supported enough by solid football video game fundamentals" (his concluding words) and not a re-review, which was my point.

He also mentions that he can't stop going back and playing more backbreaker, and said something along the lines of that finally a sports game is truly "next-gen" in some respects.

He felt that he was too hard on the game as others were and is convinced of that by the way he continually feels compelled to play it more. So to some degree it is a re-take on the game. How he feels about it now is very different than how he felt about it right away, and also states that this is potentially "the future" for sports games.

I'm fine with "dissenting opinions", but this long after the release I just assumed they would have fizzled out somewhat, simply because people in this forum posting should really own and play the game from time to time.

These are the people I want to hear from, negative and all, because they are looking towards the future and enjoy the game (at least enough to play it) and want to see the game evolve.

I think many of us here don't care at this point for opinions coming from people who have long since written the game off. That other poster I see got an infraction for implying that you're trolling, but I think there is at least some truth to that:

I'm pretty sure I've read most of your posts in this forum and from what I gather, you don't like the game. In fact, I'm not sure you ever bought it or anything. So you don't like the game, don't play it, don't agree with many of the design decisions - yet feel compelled for some reason to regularly post negative thoughts about it.

For example, in this instance, the article is really something that I think the BB team could read and feel proud of. It's kind of vindicating, and points out many great things this game accomplished AND could end up influencing. It said 'yeah, I was too hard on the game and you know what? I keep playing it!'

your post didn't reflect that in any way and was misleading as I said before. You managed to take what is overall a very positive article concerning BB and make it seem the opposite of that. To me it just seems too deliberate for my tastes and yes some of your posts borderline on trolling at least IMO.

If you don't like the game and don't play the game and all you've got is "dissenting opinions" ....why bother? You'll never find me in the NCAA forums lol.

[jyoung]

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This is definitely the best article I've read about Backbreaker from the gaming media.

Sums up exactly why the game has a lot of appeal, even with all its flaws.