The teammate AI, which has modifications from FIFA 08 (obviously, with no penalty kicks or corners to worry about, EA programmed the CPU to showboat a bit), is pretty sharp. It's all in place to build up your Gamebreaker, which you can only fill by taking a shot on goal once you've performed enough tricks. With a button tap, you can do flicks and juggling moves. With a flick of the right stick you can perform feints and other tricks with more ease than in traditional soccer titles. The trick system coalesces well with soccer gameplay. Although it's missing familiar controls from traditional FIFA, like slide tackles and through passes, it feels really intuitive for anyone who's played FIFA games for years. The controls jell in a way that prior FS titles hadn't. There's little argument that FS3 is a handsome game, and the soundtrack matches up with the rest of the presentation, from electro house beats to Brazilian baile funk. They're very colorful and aesthetically pleasing. The environments, from a Middle Eastern oil rig to a pitch on top of a Tokyo rooftop, are also as stylized as the players. The animation is good but not always great on the PS3 version, while the Xbox 360 game mostly runs at 60 frames per second and looks quite exceptional. They're not as exaggerated as Team Fortress 2, but they're designed within three character styles (tall and lanky, athletic, and stocky), which fit cover stars Peter Crouch, Ronaldinho, and Gennaro Gattuso and give you a quick visual reference when you're on the pitch. The game's 250 players (from 18 countries, mostly European) have all been retooled into stylized caricatures of themselves, which works well for the game. Visually, it's striking beyond simply its crisp HD graphics. FIFA Street 3's formula is a Frankenstein of the core gameplay that made NBA Street Homecourt a winner and the sharp AI in FIFA 08 that helped sculpt that game's improved experience.įS3 is a departure from its mediocre lineage in more than one way. It's not a consistently great game, but it's got flashes of brilliant fun that overcome its limited play options. After two efforts as misguided as Wayne Rooney's stomp on Carvalho in the last World Cup, EA Sports BIG has managed to put one in the net. Maneuver your players to leap past defenders, flip off walls, or perform gravity-defying one-timers to score spectacular goals.FIFA Street 3 is the first good game in the franchise.
Fill up your all-new Game Breaker to power your ultimate abilities and express yourself like never before. Use the simple button configuration and analog stick to seamlessly combine moves – providing you with hundreds of different ways to show off your street skills. Using the same engine as the critically acclaimed NBA Street Homecourt basketball arcade game, combined with the market-leading AI from FIFA Soccer 08, FIFA Street 3 delivers animations and ball control that enables you to take complete control of your players with a responsive and intuitive control system that makes it easier than ever to pull off sensational moves. Choose from Tricksters, Enforcers, Playmakers and Finishers to give you different options on the ball and make your mark on the street. Decked out in authentic training kits, every player boasts their own, distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match. Featuring over 250 of the world’s best players representing 18 of the top international teams, each player has been rendered into a stylized caricature with heroic qualities. Read ReviewįIFA Street 3 creates a hyper-real world that merges the game's biggest stars with environments that pulsate to the music in exotic locales around the world. EA Sports BIG qualifies for the cup with this decent effort in the FIFA Street franchise.