Interview: Backbreaker Attempting To Be "First Live Action Video Game Sports Title"

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Posted March 23, 2010 - By defiantketchup

Much hullaballoo was made up over the Euphoria Engine during the build up to games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Grand Theft Auto IV. The idea of such a dynamic physics engine propelled gamers dreams of frenetic gameplay into the stratosphere. Now, with the upcoming American football Backbreaker project from 505 Games and NaturalMotion, the imagination is aflame with the idea of a truer-to-life experience of one of the world's most violent real-life games.

To explain the efforts of the development team further, NaturalMotion Assistant Producer Rob Donald discusses how Backbreaker will attempt to be the "first live action video game sports title" and excite fans across the world, even sans an NFL license.

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Tags: GDC, GDC 2010, PlayStation 3, Sports, Videogames, Videos, Xbox 360

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Shabs83

This seems like a really cool concept, but I'm just not seeing the game it's attached to. I'm sure the first hour of being right in the action will be great, but how will the game keep things interesting?

He likens the view to a third-person view in other games. The thing is, in the other games, you take that character through various areas/levels doing different things. I hope I'm wrong, but this seems like it will be like playing a third-person action game, but there's only one level (i.e. the football field) and your character has no abilities other than movement.

Posted: March 23, 2010 12:47 PM
IamtheBat

The Whole idea of full customization is what might lead me to buy this, I remember spending more time creating fake leagues and teams in madden, than actually playing the game.

Posted: March 23, 2010 12:13 PM
MasterNoble6

1st, PR rep needs to be american...
A british guy talking "football" is not going to be taken seriously... just like if an american was talking "soccer" to the british

2nd, NFL licensing... proven that games that are not usually fail.

3rd, Naming backbreaker... was there any backbreaking in the video?

All in all there is great innovation here, its just inside a bag of... not weed.

Posted: March 23, 2010 11:53 AM
JustTheBeginning

You see that EA? Its called INNOVATION, neat huh?

Posted: March 23, 2010 11:03 AM