GAMEPLAY: As some of the same development team from FIFA 12 have created FIFA Street, you can be assured that the whole thing runs extremely smoothly. These players are meant to be playing street football, regardless of whether their names are Robin Van Persie or Wayne Rooney, and it wouldn’t sound right if Alan Smith and Martin Tyler were calling the action…to be fair, it’s never “right” when listening to Alan Smith. Once again, another terrific feature that adds to the whole experience. There’s no commentary in the game, just the occasional announcement from the tanoy in the bigger stadiums. Unlike other FIFA games, loops of these tracks are heard whilst playing a match, along with shouts from the select crowd. “Skin ’em”, “Close ’em down lads” and other classic lines that are heard at Old Trafford just as much as they’re heard at a Sunday league match, really add to the overall feel of the game. FIFA Street adheres to this precedent with some tracks that become instantly recognisable after hearing them 3 or 4 times. SOUND: For many years now, the FIFA games have had a massive array of eclectic tracks for the player to listen to whilst sorting out their formation for the following game in the menus. The UI is very friendly to newcomers as it’s so simple to just start playing ball. The lighting is glorious as you’ll play under floodlights in some cases, or under a blistering sun in others. From tiny, converted car parks that only hold about 50 people, to a 10,000 seater stadium that will showcase your talents to a much more massive crowd. The arenas in which the games are played look very good, and are also varied enough to keep everything interesting. The player likenesses are what you’d expect from a FIFA game these days, pretty flawless. They have been replaced with real life versions of the actual players, with skill moves that could actually be performed on the pitch. GRAPHICS: Gone are the Marvel-like characters of old that sprinted across the makeshift pitches in the old FIFA Street games. This iteration of the series is developed by some of the same team that brought us FIFA 12 and also has the same engine, but, how does it hold up? Is FIFA Street 2012 a game that should have had an early bath, or is it of Champions League quality? When it was announced last year that FIFA Street would be coming back, some wondered if Leo Messi would look and play like a caricature of himself. The games took a more cartoony approach to the beautiful game, the players were like Looney Tunes versions of their real life selves and the gameplay resembled a more arcade style football game. Two more sequels were spawned, but the series was put to bed in 2008. In ’05, the juggernaut of football games took the action to the streets with the aptly titled, FIFA Street. However, what was once ISS Pro, Pro Evolution, in Arsenal style, overtook the Manchester United of football games for a few years, but, they have been knocked off their perch by the big guns of FIFA in recent times. There were many pretenders to FIFA’s crown such as Actua Soccer, This Is Football and even professional substitute Michael Owen had his own game for God’s sake. Available on: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ( Reviewed on Xbox 360)įor a number of years, Sepp Blatter’s organisation ruled the footballing roost when it came to the world of video games.
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