Fifa Street 2
SCORE: 71
Most sports gamers have a love or a hate of Electronic Arts. Their
lack of real progression in sports games has been disappointing over
recent years. That lethargy can be found in the past as well. Fifa
Street 2 is on the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube but not worth much of a
mention. A reader had made a request for this game to be reviewed so I
got it out of the Family Friendly Gaming library and started to play it.
The four on four soccer action (counting the goalie) is played on what
looks like basketball courts, and keys on the player showing off tricks
to gain points. The goalies are not very intelligent, but the scores can
be kept down with the length of games.
The graphics are generally of the darker tones, and they feel average at
best. The character models are okay, but a lot of their animations are
immature. EA Sports Big went for a ghetto looking theme that screams
clean up the inner city (editor: physically, and corruption).
There is some serious ethnic music going on in Fifa Street 2. I would
need a translator to help me discern the lyrical content, which makes
this game feel half finished. EA should have regionalized Fifa Street 2
for English which is what the overwhelming majority of Americans speak.
If you can handle the game play issues that are discussed in the next
paragraph then there is plenty of replay value in Fifa Street 2. There
are a decent amount of unlockables found within Fifa Street 2. This game
can be found pretty cheap, but even then I would advise you to pass on
it.
Fifa Street 2 is not a lot of fun to play, and the showboating
encouraged turned my stomach. I wish there were more teams in this game,
because EA really left Fifa Street 2 lacking in that department. The
controls work as they should for the most part, so there is no
complaints there.
The theme of vanity, mixed with the ethnic music and poor soccer action
makes this a poor sports game, and an even worse casual type game. Fifa
Street 2 is one such video game that EA can discontinue as a franchise.
It is not real soccer, and too lame to be a Mario Soccer party kind of
game. It is like EA targeted a really small niche of people with Fifa
Street 2. The whole vanity lesson in this game is one of the reasons the
general public find gamers to be arrogant. Pass on this one.
- Frank
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 65%
Replay/Extras: 78%
Gameplay: 73%
Family Friendly Factor: 69%
System: Gamecube/PS2/Xbox
Publisher: EA Sports
Rating: 'E' for
Everyone
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