Backbreaker

[vertigho]

I personally love the game. After my first game, I was starting to question whether I made the right decision in buying it, but I let the game grow on me and now I love it.

Playing this game is very rewarding - you actually to work to become good, but once you get the hang of things, it's a ton of fun. I went from throwing 5 or 6 INTs per game, to now throwing 1 or 2. The physics are awesome and throwing the ball is a ton of fun (once you get the hang of it).
Anyhow, biggest complaints would be the lack of playbook depth and lack of more game options (snow, wind-speed, stadiums).

Overall, I love this game, and if patched, it could be mighty great!

[jaymo76]

Agreed JB. Anybody trashing the IGN review is a fanboy. You might not agree with the IGN review, but he explains the reasons for his score. You can't fault the reasoning.

I haven't played the game yet so my opinion means little but perhaps the IGN backlash is because it's IGN??? Over the years I haven't found IGN score ratings to be all that useful (Madden 08... cough, cough...). Regardless of ratings only positives can come from quasi football competition.

[vertigho]

I haven't played the game yet so my opinion means little but perhaps the IGN backlash is because it's IGN??? Over the years I haven't found IGN score ratings to be all that useful (Madden 08... cough, cough...). Regardless of ratings only positives can come from quasi football competition.

There's the spirit!

[JeffHCross]

I haven't played the game yet so my opinion means little but perhaps the IGN backlash is because it's IGN?

Well, I'm sure it's half because its IGN and half because no fanbase wants to see a game they are passionate about to receive a low score.

This is the same fan base that has decided PastaPadre is an EA fanboy because they've decided he doesn't like Backbreaker. :: shrug ::

On another note, I borrowed The Force Unleashed from a buddy over the holiday. After playing some of it and reading the reviews of Backbreaker, I'm even more convinced that euphoria (the animation system that powered both) is incredibly good, technically, but takes a massive effort to actually turn out a quality product. Otherwise it just looks really pretty but plays like ... well ... yeah.

[I OU a Beatn]

Well, if they didn't like IGN's review, they sure as hell wouldn't like mine. I'd give it a 3 at the very most.

[lilheavy]

I think its a pretty solid game head to head. So far the biggest complaints I have overall is the playbook and my RB going down pretty easily when he runs into his own man. Once I got the hang of how the player moves with the camera I really started to enjoy the game, especially on defense. Its very satisfying to read the guard and then make the play as a linebacker meeting the RB in the hole. The physics is awesome when making contact.

Playing offline in RTBB mode is pretty tuff at first because your team is rated very low, in the 20's. It is almost impossible to pass at this point, but once you sign a higher rated QB you can really tell the difference, quicker realease and more accurate. You can really tell the difference between lower rated players versus higher rated ones. The MLB I started off with was very strong and even though I was making the tackle, most of the time I would end up on my back. Once I purchased a guy with more strength, I started punishing RB's in the hole with some vicious hits.

I am enjoying my time with it.

[I OU a Beatn]

FINALLY beat Tackle Alley. It took hours and hours of cussing, swearing, and tons and tons of frustration, but I was finally able to do it. Made it to level 100 2 different times before I was finally able to do it. I'm one of only 3 on PSN to beat it, so it's definitely a very difficult thing to do.

On another note, they may brag about the physics in this game, but Tackle Alley shows a bunch of issues with it. I can't count the number of times I put someone on their face, and they were able to get back up and catch me within 3 or 4 seconds. Complete bullshit. Good luck to anyone trying to accomplish the same, you'll need it.

[JBHuskers]

Let the path to the bargain bin begin! GameStop's deal of the day....

http://www.ebgames.com/gs/thedeal/?loc=homedeal

[I OU a Beatn]

Fuck this game. I'm only 3 trophies off the platinum and they're all time consuming. I'm trying desperately to get them finished off by Sunday when the 50% extra trade in value ends, but I don't know if I'll make it.

[JBHuskers]

Fuck this game. I'm only 3 trophies off the platinum and they're all time consuming. I'm trying desperately to get them finished off by Sunday when the 50% extra trade in value ends, but I don't know if I'll make it.

[I OU a Beatn]

I'll definitely need it.

[I OU a Beatn]

Oh. My. God. I just saw the dumbest shit I have ever seen on a video game and I'm actually pissed I didn't have my video capture equipment hooked up so I could have recorded it. I was playing the CPU in season mode(damn trophy) and the CPU QB was sitting in the pocket. He does a complete 180 and throws the ball backwards straight towards his endzone. My defender picks it up and scores with it.

[JBHuskers]

Probably won't try to platinum this but whenever I decide to get it, I'll at least get the first down trophy

[I OU a Beatn]

There's only one hard trophy and that would be beating wave 100 of Tackle Alley. That shit is on the same level as hitting 29 home runs in a single round in The Show 10. Everything else is as easy as pie.

[JBHuskers]

There's only one hard trophy and that would be beating wave 100 of Tackle Alley. That shit is on the same level as hitting 29 home runs in a single round in The Show 10. Everything else is as easy as pie.

I'll get it to pad the trophy stats whenever I can get it for $10. August probably.

[JBHuskers]

First sales figures for Backbreaker top out at a WHOPPING 30k copies - http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/game/42980/backbreaker/

[I OU a Beatn]

That's about 29,999 too high.

[cdj]

Ouch. I was hoping it would do better than that.

For comparison's sake, here's some other first week sales numbers of semi-recent football titles:


They don't have a license and are a small team, so expenses should be relatively low but I'm not sure it can survive those kind of numbers.

[Rudy]

Those numbers are terrible. No wonder they aren't working on a patch. I think they are lying about BB2. APF probably cost a lot more to make because they paid the HOF guys a ton of money but they will struggle to sell 50,000 copies at regular price.

[I OU a Beatn]

This game just wont end. You have to complete Road to Backbreaker which consists of (I think)3 seasons. The first season is 8 games. I get through that quickly. The 2nd is 16. Little longer but not too overbearing. I get to the 3rd season and I have to play 31 freakin' more games. Good Lord. Combine that with the 19 I have to win online and I wanna punch a baby.