Backbreaker Developer: "Very Unlikely That We Will Revisit Full-On Football Again"

[tabulaRasa]

A shame, the game felt so fresh compared to the stale madden, but lacking licenses and the whole sha-bang... oh well.

[mestevo]

Heh, Backbreaker forum is back, with a message from NM saying they're shutting the forum down at the end of the month in favor of funneling people to Facebook. The head of development, Todd, also posted for the first time in 6 months only to edit every post in a thread for profanity.

[NFL2102]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

Heh, Backbreaker forum is back, with a message from NM saying they're shutting the forum down at the end of the month in favor of funneling people to Facebook. The head of development, Todd, also posted for the first time in 6 months only to edit every post in a thread for profanity.

He edited the title which caused it to show that he edited every post.

Sad that there moving everything to facebook considering they hardly update there.

[jyoung]

I guess this is officially "The End," then, with the Backbreaker forums shutting down.

I don't get why they wouldn't at least continue putting their games on XBLA.

Backbreaker: Vengeance actually outsold Tecmo Super Bowl: Throwback on XBLA:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Ga...by=BestSelling

BBV is ranked 226 out of 421 games on the XBLA sales charts.

[Klue516]

lol BB, bye-bye.

[DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

I guess this is officially "The End," then, with the Backbreaker forums shutting down. I don't get why they wouldn't at least continue putting their games on XBLA. Backbreaker: Vengeance actually outsold Tecmo Super Bowl: Throwback on XBLA: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Ga...by=BestSelling BBV is ranked 226 out of 421 games on the XBLA sales charts.

Sad to see BB being shelved.

But the world will be a better place with the BB Forums being shut down.

[dcal]

Yeah, it is amazing how they seem to be disavowing anything to do with Backbreaker (full football). I sent them an e-mail two weeks ago to see if they could give me a yes or no answer to a question. I asked them if Euphoria was licensed by a 3rd party developer that intends to make an American Football game.

I knew I would not get an answer but why not try? I heard nothing.

Maybe anyone interested in a Euphoria based football game should send them a similar e-mail, maybe someone will get lucky and get a response. I just want to know if something is in the works, the tech would work in the right hands.

[dp68]

Quote: Originally Posted by chicagopax

It didn't even feel like football, football logic didn't work and it was all based around arcade gameplay.

Which pretty much sums up the Madden experience every season imo.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by dp68

Which pretty much sums up the Madden experience every season imo.

If you think that about Madden then surely you think Backbreaker is exponentially worse.

[Phobia]

Lets be honest. If EA purchased this tech and implemented it with their animation systems. This physic based system could fix much of our complaints with madden such as Poor O-line vs D-line interactions.