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Backbreaker Demo Review

So finally the Backbreaker demo is here. Me being a demo whore I had to download it as soon as it came out. This game has been talked about for a few years now and always getting pushed back due to uncertain reasons. So I loaded it and started the exhibition game right away,ready to break some tackles and score! Well I was in for a surprise. If you are expecting NFL Blitz then this is not the game for you. If you are expecting Madden well this is definitely not the game for you.

I recommend anyone who plays the demo to start with the training mode first to get the controls down pat. The controls are very different than any football game I have played. After playing a few games I got the hang of it but it was not what I was expecting. I think this game will be a failure at launch since it will give everyone false hope of a game better than Madden.

The Good:

  • The gaming engine is amazing.
  • Running is finally easier than passing.

The Bad:

  • All players move the same.
  • Passing the ball is not easy.
  • No real teams/players.

I don’t see this game making an impact in the market. I rather play NFL Blitz or Madden.

–Craig

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  • http://backbreakergame.com NM1043

    what a douche… if all your life, you played racing games from a zoomed out 3rd person perspective, and someone handed you a game with completely different controls, and a cockpit view, would you expect it to be the same? would you try and jump in with zero knowledge of the controls, and expect to be great at it?

    its hilarious that you bash this game because its not madden enough, or blitz enough… its a separate game with separate controls… practice a little, and get decent at the game before reviewing it, or you come off as an ignorant douche

  • Derr

    Craig… Youre an idiot.

  • Wow

    Dude take this down and save yourself from shame.

  • TonyBones

    So if its not Madden, which has NOT been innovating since forever and because it has a NFL license, this is not any good and its just a demo? Man you're biased, a fanboy, clueless and your so-called review. Without the NFL license, Madden is a piece of s**t engine. Madden and its button mashing, cartoony little models, played out gameplay, chess-like aerial view is not how the real players see it son. People has been waiting for something new & fresh and you want to bash it off a demo? Take the NFL license off Madden then compare the two. Natural Motion blows EA away…on its first crack at a football game. Deal with it.

  • GRKiller

    This review is garbage. You just said "It's not better than Madden" without giving any reason. Do yourself a favor and take this down; it can only hurt your credibility as a reviewer.

  • RedKool8

    You are a retard

  • ballsdeep

    every single negative review ive read for this post obviously didnt read the post…@NM1043, if u read the whole review u can clearly see that he tells you to,"go into training mode to get a handle on the controls then play the game"…all he's basically saying is that if your expecting madden, and please show me a football game that isnt like madden,your gonna be disappointed and that its gonna be a failure for that one reason cuz most gamers r like cattle and dont like change…next time read CAREFULLY…dick!

  • MeLikeGames

    So you're telling me that you play the tutorial of every sports game that you play…really?? He is bashing anything he is just saying it's not like madden and it's not like blitz. Every football game out there is like Madden.

    You say he is an ignorant douche, why because he played it for awhile and it wasn't his cup o tea? He never said he hated it, he just said basically that because most gamers nowadays are casual gamers and are sheep, (look at the COD love for broken multiplayer.) they aren't going to bite.

    If it isn't Madden, most gamers wont buy it, even if it is $49.99. Maybe your just to deep on the cock that is Backbreaker to come to grips with that.

  • http://backbreakergame.com NM1043

    if you read my post, i was inferring that any game that has super different controls than what i am used to will get the tutorial played by me… if i get the sony move, or xbox natal, im not gonna jump into an fps and expect to be a master at the controls…

    and i say he is a douche because he is labelling it as a review, when its more like his complete opinion of the game… agreeing with other comments here, he says how much worse it is than madden and blitz, but the opinions he lists are completely superficial… really, the gameplay is worse than madden because it doesnt have the nfl? are you serious?

  • MeLikeGames

    Do you even know how to read? Where in the post does it say how much worse it is than Madden and Blitz? He never said that the gameplay is worse than madden because it doesn't have the NFL, he actually said that the gaming engine is amazing and that a con is that there aren't any NFL teams which will probably be a turn off for most people. And you know what if all the players move the same that is a con I dont want a 300lbs lineman coming at me at the speed of a running back.

    If it's a sports game your not gonna play the tutorial because you expect the controls to be fairly similar, and he is letting everyone know ahead of time to go through the TUTORIAL FIRST.

    And what do you think a review is it's the opinion of the author dumb ass.

    My question to you is you seem to be really defensive of a game that kinda looks like the G.I. Joe video game, So what do you like work for the company and it's your job to search the internet for sites mentioning the game and if it's less than stellar you try to discredit it. Because he's giving his opinion on a VIDEO GAME, and he's is probably still playing it.

  • GRKiller

    "I think this game will be a failure at launch since it will give everyone false hope of a game better than Madden"

    Read carefully dick.

    And since when do "reviewers" get to dictate that a game will be a failure before launch? If you call yourself a reviewer (I'm adressing you because I assume you're the reviewer commenting on his own page), dont show your bias on your sleeve.

  • MeLikeGames

    I could have sworn that when it says "I think" it makes it an opinion, how is that dictating anything.

    I think Halo Reach will be an upresidented failure. Am I now dictating that it's going to be a failure? I thought I was just giving my opinion.

  • MeLikeGames

    Oh and cock smuggler you should read carefully he never said it's not better than Madden. Asshole your quick to jump on someone else yet again you seem to be another person that doesn't know how to fucking read your a joke and probably work for the company to and your just scared that the game is garbage and the demo is proving it.

  • Craig

    The poster NM1043 does work Backbreaker/NaturalMotion. Who would link their Name to a website about the game? Hmmm. If you do work for NaturalMotion I dare you to let me try the game in full in front of you. Maybe I will change my mind but for now this is my opinion of the game. It's not my cup of tea. I thought it would of been better. Alot of hype for a game that has been pushed back multiple times.

  • Jthuggish

    How many times has Backbreaks been pushed??? But no your right Natural Motion blows EA away…you stupid. Do you even know what chess is?

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/MoonDoggie82 MoonDoggie82

    I don't care what you say so long as it isn't racist and shit like that. You do it again and your banned. Your comment has been edited

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/MoonDoggie82 MoonDoggie82

    Because nobody can apparently can discuss opinions and different points of view like adults but rather infantile children the comment have been closed.

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