Backbreaker Patch "Greathouse" Impressions (PS3, 360)

[JRod]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

Loaned my BackBreaker disc to my girlfriend's son a month ago. He lives in LaPlace, about 40 miles away. I'll probably pick it up today. He just bought NCAA and doesn't have Xbox Live. Based on the reports I've been getting, my biggest disappointment is the running game. Why would the Devs improve the O-Line blocking and then make it near impossible to run? Also the CPU's run game has not been improved enough.

I wondering if it has to do with making the game harder. But I don't really know it's a puzzler.

[XBox_Roughneck]

Like the patch.

But, the most glaring things I see that still need to be fixed.

1)RB's need to be more effective for both the CPU AND the user. I'd prefer that the Backbreaker development team make it harder to bring down running backs and RBs average more yards per carry.

2) Pass blocking is perfect. RUN blocking sucks most of the time. There are too many tackles on run plays behind the line of scrimmage.

I like the game otherwise. It's finally worth $40. (not worth a dime more though)

[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wazzer99

Were you continuing from a season / RTBB pre-patch save? I *think* if you are doing that, then you might just need to re-assign your audibles, as it looks like the new plays that were added have resulted in some mismatch with old savegames - meaning your defensive audibles could have actually been offensive plays!

thanks man, you nailed it. That's exactly what happened. My D audibles were offensive plays...I'll re-assign,...I'm just stying way away from my teams after hearing people's problems after touching them. Like I haven't seen a drop yet really.

edit...so after play a whole season game on hard the passing game is great imo.

BUT they ruined the run game completely. I'm 13 yards on 29 carries! I'm good at running the ball too. The other thing that bothers me is the reanimation of kicks, they now look fast-forward and stupid. Before they looked natural. I may get rid of the patch, because I can't play the game with zero running game. Before I do that I'll try medium difficulty, but we'll see. They jacked up the tackles too which is fine with me, but if I can't run, forget it. I also noticed it's taking longer now to dive as well, which negates cool goal line plays. I can't understand how this patch would kill the run so much especially since the pass blocking is 5X better.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by JRod

I wondering if it has to do with making the game harder. But I don't really know it's a puzzler.

I thought running was pretty sound on the Human side, but I wouldn't mind it being harder. But if I have a good O-line versus an average front 7, I'd like to see the CPU struggle or innovate a bit to stop me. My biggest beef would be that the CPU can't stuff it down your throat on occasion.

Believe me, I'm all for a tougher CPU.

What kind of rushing stats is everyone getting for Human and CPU? Please include whether it's MEDIUM or HARD.

[pigdog]

How does one delete the patch on an Xbox? I like some things in the patch, but some things are poorly implemented. I want to go back before the patch to compare.
Thanks

[JRod]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

I thought running was pretty sound on the Human side, but I wouldn't mind it being harder. But if I have a good O-line versus an average front 7, I'd like to see the CPU struggle or innovate a bit to stop me. My biggest beef would be that the CPU can't stuff it down your throat on occasion. Believe me, I'm all for a tougher CPU. What kind of rushing stats is everyone getting for Human and CPU? Please include whether it's MEDIUM or HARD.

I hear you most times a run for the CPU is a waste of a down. They are lucky to get 3 yards many many times.

I get between 30-50 a game. If the CPU plays a 4-4, I'm lucky to get that.

[boooey]

when playing an exhibition game on medium, i found it to be really fun.. i could pass and run and the CPU could pas and run a little bit as well.. but as soon as I started a season on medium, it was insanely difficult to pass, and i was getting picked off left and right.

for season mode, i had to turn the difficulty back down to easy

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by pigdog

How does one delete the patch on an Xbox? I like some things in the patch, but some things are poorly implemented. I want to go back before the patch to compare. Thanks

Just got this off of the net. Try at own risk. LOL

First open the "System" blade in the Xbox 360 dashboard, then go to memory, and press Y on the hard drive to open the "Device Options" menu. Then press the following sequence of buttons: X, X, Left Bumper (LB), Right Bumper (RB), X, X. You will be asked if you want to perform maintenance on your hard drive and delete all patches. Choose yes. To later reinstall the patch, just get on Xbox live again. However, if you had downloaded additional content that relied on the patch it will be reset.