Backbreaker Review

[texastarheel]

I really think the developers made a very good attempt at making a game that would rival Madden and NCAA. I think the real problem with this game is the fact Madden and NCAA have been out so long we have nothing else to compare to them. 2K was the last football game that rivaled Madden (many thought it was a much better game) The game is DIFFERENT. Is it bad or good is only determined by the people who buy it. I think if this game had come out in the 90s like Madden this would be an awesome game. After 20+ years Madden has a huge head start. Turn the tables on these two franchises. If Madden came out now we probably would not like it either.

[mestevo]

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Backbreaker's problem isnt with comparisons to Madden/NCAA, it's comparisons to football in general.

[allBthere]

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Backbreaker's problem isnt with comparisons to Madden/NCAA, it's comparisons to football in general.

nope

[mestevo]

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nope

Very concise and compelling argument, thanks for your contribution.

[BluePanther34]

Backbreaker is real

[BluePanther34]

Every mistake I have made in the game is my fault not the games I am learning quickly that you can't throw into double coverage like you can in madden and the passing game should be hard there is a reason why the QB position is the hardest position to play. I think most of all the problems with the gameplay are not unrealistic problems for real players in football like for example getting hit in the back by defensive-men when you are a QB that happens a lot Backbreaker was just made as a real football game. I will be looking for NFL BACKBREAKER 20??. If you don't like Backbreaker then just go play Madden because you would probably get destroyed in a real football game.

[debauchlord]

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Every mistake I have made in the game is my fault not the games I am learning quickly that you can't throw into double coverage like you can in madden and the passing game should be hard there is a reason why the QB position is the hardest position to play. I think most of all the problems with the gameplay are not unrealistic problems for real players in football like for example getting hit in the back by defensive-men when you are a QB that happens a lot Backbreaker was just made as a real football game. I will be looking for NFL BACKBREAKER 20??. If you don't like Backbreaker then just go play Madden because you would probably get destroyed in a real football game.

I actually played real football. Like on a field, under lights, with a uniform representing my high school and everything. Even got a concussion and blew out a knee. Backbreaker is not real football. Madden is not real football. You want REAL football, go outside and play with flesh and blood friends. What I want from my GAME is as close to a simulation of football as possible, and that goes beyond the game on the field. I need atmosphere, I need color, I need variation, I need motivation...in that regard, despite Madden's failures, it is leagues and leagues beyond BB. Football is much more than just the game on the field. If that was all that mattered we'd all be watching soccer right now.

BTW, BB's on field game isn't even that great beyond the physics (which are simply awesome, but the fixed camera makes me wonder what goes on away from the ball...) I'd take canned animations with a full American football rule set over the arcade-y rule set of Backbreaker.

[DCMC]

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I'm a big ESPN/All Pro 2K8 (still play it) & was thinking of getting Backbreaker before I read the review.

Thanks for saving me $$