Backbreaker Football
- Experience 11-on-11 football like never before with unique hits
- Challenge a friend with split-screen views or play against others in online multiplayer mode
- Pick-up-and-play design allows users of all levels to enjoy the game
- Customize your team extensively for the best players and a winning combination
- Full exhibition and training modes let you enhance your skills while building the next championship team
Customer Reviews
| 15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:  Finally an alternative to the yearly Madden football monopoly, By Neal Bauer (Lake Oswego, OR United States) - See all my reviews = Fun: This review is from: Backbreaker Football (Video Game) Finally an alternative to the Madden football games we've all been forced to play since EA gained exclusivity of the NFL license. If you were one of the few to pick up All-Pro 2K8 you'll know that, without the NFL logos, the game of American football seems to appear a bit different. While All-Pro 2K8 was a decent comeback for the team responsible for the finest football game to date (NFL2K5), 2K sports just couldn't compete with the Madden marketing juggernaught and, sadly, gamers never got to see an updated version of All-Pro. Flash forward three years and out comes a new contender in "Backbreaker." Hopes were high, but expectations had to be set low, for this new football game coming from UK developer 505 Studios. You really need to see this game running in all of its glory to appreciate what 505 has done here. Like their marketing has boasted, "there are no canned routines and every tackle IS different." Linemen move realistically, players obey the rules of football and the animation engine never seems to quit giving of itself. Some hits are brutal, some are downright hilarious and some hits I've seen would kill a person if they happened on the field. Sure the crowd animations are limited and the characters look like sculpted-robot-men from the future but, at its core, Backbreaker is a very solid first outing and definitely has the components to build an even greater football experience their next time around. As for now, at .99, you can't find a better reason to stop paying for Madden's inability to innovate every year and start playing football again. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:  Much better than people think., By = Fun: Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Backbreaker Football (Video Game) The good: Tackling and physics are incredible. The player interaction is more organic and the whole game just feels far more realistic than any of the animation driven games like Madden. The logo creator and custom team creation. The logo editor is very similar to what's used for decals in Forza, and basically allows you to create any logo you can dream of (or you can copy the NFL). The running game and playing defense - both very fun - but don't try switching players on Defense, just stick with one guy and play your assignment. Switching will disorient you pretty badly. Passing game - the mechanics of the passing game and the idea behind it is the most realistic I've ever seen in a video game. You actually have to read the defense and know which receiver you want to throw to before the play - and you have a blind spot - you're forced to look at your receivers before you throw it to them. None of this scrambling to the left then jump/spin/fling the ball to the right crap that Madden has. The bad: The offensive AI for the CPU can be incredibly stupid sometimes. There is a patch in the works though so this may be fixed in the future. The playbooks are far too limited when compared to other football games. The passing game - while I love the mechanics - there is a bit of an issue with defenders seeming to have hands of glue. Both you and the CPU tend to throw just a few too many INTs. Penalties seem to be a bit sporadic at best, and there are some odd rule interpretations. It isn't NFL football. No injuries or player fatigue. Not a game killer, but definitely a bit disappointing. The other: The game has 2 different season/franchise modes - one where you work your way up through a tiered league system, and one that resembles a standard multiseason franchise mode, though it's rather bareboned. I haven't played either mode enough to really have an opinion on them yet. Overall it's a very very solid foundation for a football game. 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:  Tons of fun...if you can tough it out!, = Fun: This review is from: Backbreaker Football (Video Game) This game will immediately WOW you. The tutorials will leave you speechless at how awesome the game play is. Then you hop into a regular game and you get worked...so it gets VERY frustrating. BUT....if you can train yourself to forget the years of "training" from playing the same dry football game we've been force-fed yearly...YOU.WILL.LOVE.BACKBREAKER. Even if you are getting destroyed, this game is fun. Tackle Alley (a mini-game that has you running from one end of the field to the other avoiding would be tacklers) is arguably worth the money alone. Especially when you play it split screen with a friend. This game is gorgeous, no other sports game comes close. The tacklers are amazing. If you can get past the steep learning curve (which is mostly just being able to over come your previous football game knowledge) and learn to play this game for what it's meant to be you will enjoy this. The team creator will cause you to lose sleep as you stay up till the wee hours of the morning creating your own team! |
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