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Backbreaker
- August 22, 2007 17:25 PM PST
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Like (or don't like) Madden? This is the football game for you!
Backbreaker is the Burnout of football games; it's straight-up fun. If you like the simplicity of controlling an entire team of pigskin players, Madden is all well and good, but for those wanting to experience the real-life ferocity of a bone-crushing tackle, Backbreaker is the real deal.
Dueling Tackles
As someone who hasn't been into football since Super Tecmo Bowl, it says something that Backbreaker even raised my eyebrow, let alone actually left me wanting to play some virtual ball. Based on the "euphoria" motion system (used in GTA IV and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed) that simulates real-life physical interactions, this football game is not just a set series of animations. We you hit someone, they react and fall just as a player would in real life. It even replicates the nervous system and muscle structure of a real player.
But it's more than just technological mumbo jumbo. Developer Natural Motion wants each and every person that picks up the controller to experience the fear and taste of a NFL tackle. That's why they're dropping the camera perspective down to get in closer to the action. And you'll never see the same tackle twice. Imagine two linemen blasting a quarterback from different sides. It'll never get old.
It's not going to compete with Madden, but if you want to bash bones, it's the only place where you can feel like Ronnie Lott.
