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Re: If you could Breakaway all over again...
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
I'm a little confused why the apparent intent was for no one to have such ball control. Not being able to really take hold of a game piece just makes the game sloppier. It's implementing a task that "is hard and looks easy" and would only make the game less watchable than if it were a touch easier to control the ball.
The game didn't play out that way and I think that was a lot better as a result thanks to the IFI magnets, but I wonder if the game would be a lot worse with just random shop vacs versus backspin rollers.
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I am by no means saying that THE intent was that no team should really be able to hold a game piece well, but based on how strict and limiting the rules were, thats what I implied.
As for why that would be the case, I imagine the GDC thought the game would be easily dominated if teams were allowed to manhandle balls. They also may have wanted to just add another degree of difficulty to the game. This is just speculation.
-Brando
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