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Blog / 'Backbreaker': Producer Q&A
'Backbreaker': Producer Q&A
We learnt a little more about the upcoming football title, "Backbreaker", in a recent Q&A on ESPN.com.

We're really confident in saying that we're doing everything different. Not just from a structural point of view, like our different league setups and customization which I will get into later on, but just the fact that we've managed to produce a game that is completely live and completely emergent and is built fundamentally from not just any other football game, but any other sports game before. It's our Euphoria engine that is powering all of these live moments. Every tackle that you see is going to be completely different. You're not going to see the same tackle because it's totally random and every tackle is based on bone structure, the muscle structure, and the intelligence of the players who are performing those actions. It really goes a lot deeper than that, but Euphoria gives all of our players a level of awareness that is simply not there in any other sports title. The fact that you see players lifting their arms if they feel a threat coming in from the side so they can cushion blows, it really means that when you're running around the corner and defenders are rushing towards you, your player will start animating himself to deal with the threat. This just gives you the feeling of not only being in total control, but being right there and completely involved in the moment.

A bone crunching tackle

This DB is coming straight for the ball carrier

For a first version, Backbreaker has massive potential
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What is most exciting about Backbreaker is that not only does it provide an element of competition in a genre that has seen little if any for the last 5 years; but that it promises to deliver a football game based on a physics driven engine rather than canned animations. That's not to say one is better than the other, but it's an exciting proposition. The potential is there, but remember as well - it's year 1. No game gets things perfect the first time around but hopefully football gamers will give Backbreaker a chance and if the latest gameplay video is anything to go by it will be exciting to get a game that has been so long in development, finally in our hands.
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