I was writing a response to this thread and it got deleted before I could respond to this guy. Typically I don't humor posts like this, and I'm glad it got deleted since it is pretty ridiculous, but I figured you all + the BackBreaker community should get a look at where I'm coming from. I think people may
want me to have some sort of vendetta against BackBreaker, but unfortunately I do not. I've stated it before - I've met a bunch of those guys and I respect the hell out of what they do. Torsten is a hell of a good dude.
Anyway - response below.
I don't think I ever said this. We never "opted to not go with a Euphoria driven game" as far as I know, and definitely the reason wouldn't be for it running on 22 people. Anyone have a link for proof?
I have a very unique position of actually knowing quite a bit about animation technology (been working directly with football game animation, motion capture, and various animation technologies for 6+ years) so I just assume that members of the community would like to see the positives and negatives of both technologies. I'm not sitting on a high horse...I respect everything those guys are doing. Also, we need to have more fun in the gaming industry...we're not bankers for god's sakes. i.e. me putting an image of a gang tackle in a Game Gear
If I am wrong with anything, I'd like to know about it so I don't say false stuff (hence why I asked Torsten via Twitter to correct anything I've said). But working in the industry this long I live and die by the facts - I still haven't seen a player get-up, still haven't seen a "real" wrap tackle (only big hits and pile-on gang tackles), still haven't seen an unedited gameplay video.
I've said this many times -
I want nothing but the best for Backbreaker. If you actually read my posts carefully you can see I'm not bashing them in the slightest - I just have my doubts and I've already stated my reasons why. That's honesty - it's not me trying to spin them in some negative light. Euphoria does plenty of stuff that Madden's physics & animation systems can't do - no question about it. I just am anxious to see how
reliably and
consistently Euphoria can handle
simulation football.
Any time a company pushes the envelope, it's always a good thing. As much as some folks may want to paint me in a negative light, I actually want them to succeed to better the sports gaming industry as a whole.
Regardless, I can't wait to see the great posts on BB's forums here shortly that just say "wow what an idiot".