Backbreaker Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[bkrich83]

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well why not just ask why i made the comment?

im saying that instead of like really taking this game serious as they do for madden,they should take it as the "euphoria" guys just wanting to get their product out there.i see people battering the game because it has no field goal nets,refs,sideline people etc... when its not really about that to the guys that made it.

its the fact that they revolutionized tackles and other animations in the game,dont look for anything more.

That's fine and dandy. But missing things and deficiencies in the game are still missing things and deficiencies in the game, no matter why the devs made the game. They are still design decisions that are worthy of criticism.

[mrprice33]

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I don't buy that. I could have sworn they've said many times that they aren't looking to sell their tech (btw, isn't euphoria available to everyone?), and EA would probably not look to implement it this late in the console cycle. If BB's development proved anything, it's that it takes a long time to implement this tech properly, so EA would maybe have 1 or 2 releases of football games before it was time to move on to the next systems.

[Pared]

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ONCE AGAIN,

Quit the discussions on Madden/EA.

If you want to discuss what it is missing or not, fine. But STOP DERAILING THE IMPRESSIONS THREAD.

[catcatch22]

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It would be perfect if there was a way to simulate head movement. Right now it's too stiff.

I agree in serious racing games that have a realistic cockpit view, they at least allow you to look left and right to look at your mirrors. They missed the boat on that one. They should have looked at the camera as a "in car cockpit" camera and made the bumpers or the right stick be the controls to move your head to scan the field. As of right now you are limited to a small static field of vision which is visceral but way to tight.

[gamer23]

this is what the game says to me.

i made a football game with an engine that may revolutionize the way the animations look.dont expect a nfl experience,just look at these animations please.

[ZeeAyKay]

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Though someone debunked the User v. User idea, Tackle Alley supposedly allows multiplayer play in the demo. I'd like to hear someone's impressions on that if possible.

I wish I would have known this earlier when I had friends over! I just checked it out. They put you on opposite sides of the field. There are 5 waves, but you don't get a number of lives, you go through the wave until someone gets into the endzone. The waves are different from the single player waves. I think that only one person gets points for getting in the endzone, so it's also a bit of a race, as well as trying to rack up points and getting combos. Seems like it would be a lot of fun.

[JEM]

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Options is never a bad thing and its a shame NM decided to have just one camera setting. I am not going to mind it but I still would like to watch all the interactions and see how a play developed. I would see all kinds crazy things in 2K5 and APF as the play went on but with this camera angle you will not be able to see that.

I dont buy the " more realistic " angle either. I enjoyed FPF with 2K5 but I only used it as a change of pace.

Maybe NM will decide to patch in a traditional camera angle later on.

[Jukeman]

Re: Backbreaker Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

well why not just ask why i made the comment?

im saying that instead of like really taking this game serious as they do for madden,they should take it as the "euphoria" guys just wanting to get their product out there.i see people battering the game because it has no field goal nets,refs,sideline people etc... when its not really about that to the guys that made it.

its the fact that they revolutionized tackles and other animations in the game,dont look for anything more.

Wait.. WHAT???

[mrprice33]

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this is what the game says to me.

i made a football game with an engine that may revolutionize the way the animations look.dont expect a nfl experience,just look at these animations please.

Lol and they couldn't have done that with a tech demo whilst shopping their engine to other developers? Or they couldn't have just done tackle alley as a downloadable XBLA title? You can't market and package this game the way they have, then just say "hey, don't expect much out of your 50 dollars."

[bkrich83]

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this is what the game says to me.

i made a football game with an engine that may revolutionize the way the animations look.dont expect a nfl experience,just look at these animations please.

You aren't describing a football game, you are describing a tech demo.

[RaginCajun]

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Has anyone given up a touchdown yet? Ive played 15 games all on hard and the CPU still hasn't scored on me. The game might be too easy.

[Blzer]

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I think by multiplayer they meant on the same console and no have not played seen the user v user on the same console.

I meant that as well, though maybe I misinterpreted what the person on the BB forums meant when he said "multiplayer". I actually very much hate the idea of referring to "online play" as "multiplayer", as seen in this rant.

So is "multiplayer" in the demo referring to online play, or split-screen?

[jmood88]

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Has anyone given up a touchdown yet? Ive played 15 games all on hard and the CPU still hasn't scored on me. The game might be too easy.

I've given up one in the 10 or so games I've played and that was only because I went for it on 4th down deep in my territory. If the computer has the ball farther than 10 yards away from the end zone they just lose yards or don't gain anything. The AI is horrible.

[catcatch22]

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I meant that as well, though maybe I misinterpreted what the person on the BB forums meant when he said "multiplayer". I actually very much hate the idea of referring to "online play" as "multiplayer", as seen in this rant.

So is "multiplayer" in the demo referring to online play, or split-screen?

Split screen

[sparkyiii2k]

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Wouldn't having the option of the so called God view be defeating the purpose of what Backbreaker which is total immersion of on the field play? I think a lot of people are upset at the fact they don't have total control of the field like the other games because they're limited to their area of the field and feel a sense of helplessness. I'm speaking defensively on offense you field of vision s limited especially a qb where pre-read is prevalent decisions must be made quicker is it perfect no but its fun and exciting.. with that said every comment is being based of a demo not the final build minus the patches that are sure to come