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Backbreaker Trailer

Are you ready for some off-brand football!?

Apr. 23 2010

Posted by: Ryan

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this looks like nothing compared to madden...

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Not interested.

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at least they're trying.

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football!

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low res off brand football my favorite

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Edited By turboman

looks like what Blitz should have been a while ago to me, I'm super interested.

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As someone who has no interest in Football games i actually have my eye on this one as a big fan of the Euphoria animation engine.

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Edited By Pie

I remember seeing this about 3/4 years ago before or just after GTA4 came out

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Edited By frankxiv

a backbreaker trailer? is it that time of year already? 
 
alright well, see you guys at next year's backbreaker trailer.

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YEAH P.O.D.! 2002, bro! WOOOOO!

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I do like Euphoria.

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A little too early for some football.

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@onimonkii said:
" a backbreaker trailer? is it that time of year already?  alright well, see you guys at next year's backbreaker trailer. "
Basically this.
 
 
Although I'm still super interested in this game.
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FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!

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It looks okay... But, it seems they are going Blitz style?

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Edited By wandel

I'm sure as hell way more interested in this game than in any Madden iteration.

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looks interesting, hope it's good

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it will be interesting to see how it reviews.

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@Wandel said:
" I'm sure as hell way more interested in this game than in any Madden iteration. "
Same, Madden has been same crap every year since they bought the NFL license and got lazy. It's not the return of 2K football but it'll do for now.
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I remember seeing the tech demos for this game a few years back. I still think it is really cool to have a sports game with the Euphoria Engine running all of the physics. I'm definitly interested... a lot more interested than I am for madden.
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This better not be a full priced title. $49.99 tops.

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@Pie:  About time this game got out. They also used this game as a demo for the   Euphoria engine. 
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@Ciamag said:
"It looks okay... But, it seems they are going Blitz style? "

What is Blitz about this game? It is simulation much like Madden and 2KFootball... but since Madden bought the NFL license, all other football games are forced to make fake leagues.
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graphics looks sub-par 
and some animation looks odd 
but man did they do a great job with the tackling? jesus.

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@Milkman: Was gonna post the same thing, bro.  Fist pound it out.
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@Korne:  Thought i heard somewhere that they'd have a decal system like Forza for the uniforms...so technically you could fake an NFL team if you wanted to. But i could be wrong
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I'm gonna get it simply cause no one else will. I'll go find it in the trade-in section. :D
 
Edit: On re-watching I noticed the tackling animations are AWESOME. Didn't notice the first time but i guess thats cause it looked real enough for me to not notice anything odd.

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I'll check it out at some point. Looks interesting.

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This looks really pretty.
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Edited By MordeaniisChaos

This is why I laughed soooo hard at that stupid Madden "advanced" animation video they put out. It still looked jumpy, fake, and glitchy, while this was shown off ages ago and has had FAR superior animations this whole time. Probably one of the best uses of this engine in a game. That and like a fighting game maybe.

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WAAAAAAY KOOOOL U GUYS!!!.

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I thought this is a follow-up to Facebreaker.

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Edited By hockeymask27

Is this game ever going to come out? We seem to just get these short trailers once a year. Euphoria was cool back in 08. Now unless then been tweaking it each year, it might seem pretty normal considering alot of games now use it.

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i hope this is a brutal football game like BLITZ the League. the injuries hurt me.
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@Hockeymask27: There haven't been that many games using euphoria.  This is being developed by the company who created euphoria so they will make the best use of it.   
 
Release day is May 25th if your question was serious.
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Looks better then madden but that isn't hard to do.

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I look forward to playing a demo

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Oooh. Using Euphoria. That'll make for some good animation.
 
Edit: Actually, the whole game is by NaturalMotion, who produce Euphoria. All of their football demos make more sense now.

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Lol I remember P.O.D.

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As much as I hate Madden, I love the NFL and it feels like I HAVE to get it.  I just wish 2k could make NFL games again, I think we say this every year though.

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@GrilledCheez01 said:
" As much as I hate Madden, I love the NFL and it feels like I HAVE to get it.  I just wish 2k could make NFL games again, I think we say this every year though. "
Yeah, NFL 2K5 is still the best use of the NFL license to date.
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MORE GAMES NEED EUPHORIA. THAT IS ALL.

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The naysayers haven't even seen the game in action yet. If all Football is to you is player likenesses, you're not fans of the game; you're fans of the celebrities.

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I hate the canned tackles in past Madden games so something different is interesting. Can't say the visuals wowed me though.
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You'd think a game named Backbreaker would try to be something a little more than an accurate representation of NFL hits

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POD!!!!!!!! hahaha.  On a more related note, the game actually looks pretty awesome.

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@takua108: Elder Scrolls with Euphoria Engine...make it so.
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@Milkman:
Hahahaha...makes me wanna play Amplitude.
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looks like ass, imo.
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@takua108 said:
" MORE GAMES NEED EUPHORIA. THAT IS ALL. "
indeed