Backbreaker Fact Sheet and Screenshots

[metallicatz]

I'm an offline franchise guy and I bought APF knowing it didn't have that feature. And the game got old after 6 seasons of Season mode.......especially with exaggerated player abilities where guys like Earl Cambell plowed through defenders like a hot knife through butter on like every play. There's a reason why highlight reels are called highlight reels.....and that's because performances like that don't happen on every play or every other play. So I traded it in (adding to the huge stack of used copies already in place at EB).

I'll likely pick up BB when it comes out if the reviews are solid (if not i'll get it used so the BB devs don't get any of my cash), but I sincerely hope the game amounts to more than a physics engine showcase. If I want to play an arcade football game with exaggerated tackling I could just pick an old copy of Blitz.

[bigjake62505]

What is the point of a football game or any other sport game with out some type of franchise or season mode? It would be like buying a demo for $60.00.

[Phobia]

You franchise guys make me laugh. At this rate I hope they put in this huge killer franchise mode that works perfectly. Then when you walk on the field and actually PLAY the game it sucks. This way some of you get a wake up call that franchise is a BONUS. The most important factor should be GAMEPLAY. A game with great franchise and weak gameplay gets zero play time to utilize that great franchise mode.

So first thing a new company and game developer should focus on is GAMEPLAY. Then further year or years should focus on adding longevity(franchise mode).

In the end I honestly hope all of you DON'T get what you want. Cause no offense to any of you all but I want a game I can play. I want solid gameplay over anything else.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigjake62505

What is the point of a football game or any other sport game with out some type of franchise or season mode? It would be like buying a demo for $60.00.

It's not that big a deal when you grew up with season only mode games...

[bigjake62505]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

It's not that big a deal when you grew up with season only mode games...

If you have played a sports game in the last 10 years they have had a franchise. I have no idea where this stuff is coming from.

[Pacman83]

LOL @ some of you... because this game has been thought announce a release date several times already, they push back the release date how many times? (Or not announce one, which is it?) So i doubt it was for franchise mode, so everyone who keeps 'dogging' folks who want a franchise mode needs to understand that its going to be raw @ best, the focus has been gameplay....why cant both be solid? Remember its a virgin game of football, it wont be prefect either way.

[bigjake62505]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

You franchise guys make me laugh. At this rate I hope they put in this huge killer franchise mode that works perfectly. Then when you walk on the field and actually PLAY the game it sucks. This way some of you get a wake up call that franchise is a BONUS. The most important factor should be GAMEPLAY. A game with great franchise and weak gameplay gets zero play time to utilize that great franchise mode. So first thing a new company and game developer should focus on is GAMEPLAY. Then further year or years should focus on adding longevity(franchise mode). In the end I honestly hope all of you DON'T get what you want. Cause no offense to any of you all but I want a game I can play. I want solid gameplay over anything else.

You gameplay guys make me laugh. Its almost 2010 and this game has been in development for well over 2 years if by now the game doesnt have good game play and some kind of season or franchise mode just give up. "I want a game I can play". Well, it would be safe to say that after all this time if they cant make a game that you can play then they should just give up.

[Pacman83]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigjake62505

If you have played a sports game in the last 10 years they have had a franchise. I have no idea where this stuff is coming from.

Last 10-15 years makes us some of us preteens, so there was still franchise mode. OLDER guys are talkin Pre-Sega days.