Backbreaker Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[mrprice33]

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you can, watcher. hold LT and push the right stick left or right.

[Romeclone]

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I mentioned that being a possibility once myself.

Nevertheless, the more I play this game the more I like it. The post-play camera work is very nice, and the animations really move pretty fluidly. Passing is tough though. I wish you could declare a primary target at the line rather than being forced into the CPU's choice.

You can... Hold the left trigger then scan through your recievers with the stick at the line. Makes a HUGE difference in the passing game.

[CreatineKasey]

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I mentioned that being a possibility once myself.

Nevertheless, the more I play this game the more I like it. The post-play camera work is very nice, and the animations really move pretty fluidly. Passing is tough though. I wish you could declare a primary target at the line rather than being forced into the CPU's choice.

Yeah you can. Hold the left trigger and use the R-stick to change it. This helps passing a LOT. If you know someone is being repetitive with playcalls you can immediately hand pick a route as a primary WR.

This game has been growing on me, too. I see the potential for online fun.

[SemperVictoria]

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People really need to stop with this "you'll love this if you've played football" thing. I've played football since 2nd grade and that doesn't stop the camera from being a negative in the game. Other people have already addressed...

Amen.

Like the camera view or not--more realistic it ain't.

[TheWatcher]

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@CreatineKasey<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2041090516", true); </SCRIPT> , Romeclone , mrprice33

Thanks. It's strange because I had been doing that when I first started playing then I stopped because I thought I was doing it wrong. It might've been because I still wasn't having a lot of success with it.

[TheWatcher]

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I'm curious to see how they sell the futuristic angle in the full game. I hope they really put it together carefully.

[CreatineKasey]

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Some people have been talking about success from holding the "focus" trigger (left trigger) right away when passing. I'm not sure what the advantage of not holding it is? Seeing more field?

I've had good success passing using pretty basic logic. I haven't had much success with pre-snap reads. Post-snap has been fun.

[Nicknam4]

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What I keep hearing is people wanting a Madden with Euphoria.

That's not what Backbreaker is, sorry.

[Methlab]

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People really need to stop with this "you'll love this if you've played football" thing. I've played football since 2nd grade and that doesn't stop the camera from being a negative in the game. Other people have already addressed this but you can't scream REALISM!! with the camera when players are glowing and look like robots. It's also funny how if people complain about the game they don't have skills. The game is not hard to play, the developers just made ridiculous decisions with the camera.

Not at all. The camera is great. We already have an option for God view and you guys know where that forum is. There is no need for another game with the same gameplay and same view. We have that stuff for over a decade and it gets old.If it had the camera view everyone wanted, it would basically be the same type of game where it is really easy to scan the field and see everything and just press a button. At that point, you have a game where people glitch and come up with ways to cheat the system, since it is basically boiling down to who can nano blitz the most. Not really my idea of fun.

[NoDakHusker]

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Some people have been talking about success from holding the "focus" trigger (left trigger) right away when passing. I'm not sure what the advantage of not holding it is? Seeing more field?

I've had good success passing using pretty basic logic. I haven't had much success with pre-snap reads. Post-snap has been fun.

The focus puts more...focus on the receiver and I guess it increases your accuracy. But your peripheral vision is cut down, so you risk getting blind sided.
TBH I haven't been that much more successful with focus mode, so I usually don't use it unless my receiver is deep down the field.

[Methlab]

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Amen.

Like the camera view or not--more realistic it ain't.

Yeah? Just curious why you say that. Since it clearly is a lot tougher to read a defense and pass/run.

[Methlab]

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Some people have been talking about success from holding the "focus" trigger (left trigger) right away when passing. I'm not sure what the advantage of not holding it is? Seeing more field?

I've had good success passing using pretty basic logic. I haven't had much success with pre-snap reads. Post-snap has been fun.

It helps me shift through the receivers faster. Don't ask me why this is.

[mutler]

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Ive been playing video game football for all my life, Remember 10 yard fight. Any way Pre Demo I was like this camera idea is going to Suck D****. I wasn't going to give it a chance. After reading all the post Im glad I did. At first it was hard especially passing game. After hours of play the passing game just slowed down, I can change who my primary receiver can read the Defense better and make some good decisions back in the pocket. Its like when a rookie goes into the Nfl, everyone is running at Mach speed and you can do nothing, then all of a sudden it all slows down. This game is fantastic and lots of fun to play. Is the camera perfect... NO... but I love it now makes the game feel so intense. My only issues is this demo is setting me up for failure. Why.. because this game feels like it slanted towards the user to make us feel like were doing something. I bet in the finally game its a lot harder just like in the EA demos, its easy in the Demos but the finally game has a little toughness to it. Im pissed now because I really wanted to get NCAA11 but this game is making it hard for me.

[Demoncrom]

Just played 2 more today, Spartans vs Talons and then Talons vs Spartans. Got the hang of the game now. As the Spartans on Medium I went 6/7 passing with 99 yards in the air, defense clicked and we got 28 to 0 win. It's all the timing, all about the timing, you have to know the route throw on the cuts. Sweet. As the Talons I won 21 to 0. This time getting 58 in the and 68 on the ground. Broke a sweet counter for 40 of those, man I am buying this game, can't wait for the retail to it. I'm used to the camera now and understand how the switching works on D. you have to use the left trigger to focus on the ball at all times - they should make this focus just the way it is always on D. When the ball goes up click A to switch - interception if you man is in position, can't say enough about calling the proper plays and knowing the flow of the game. Goos stuff

[spankdatazz22]

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Hadn't tried showboating in Tackle Alley to build more points. Pretty funny to see yourself get wiped out while showing off. I love how the tackles can be so brutal w/o being over the top