They’re for baiting and deceiving the opposition, and luring opponents into a false sense of security, where perceived unpredictable footwork can make the difference between a clumsy pass (or complete failure) and clean, tactical teamwork across the field of play. Firstly, tricks are woven into the core mechanics in a way that makes them a necessity. There’s incentive to master these tricks too, for two good reasons. Even those fairly new to the series, like myself, will be able to quickly adapt to basic ball trick fundamentals, building off these fundamentals as the game progresses to perform more demanding tricks. The actual mechanics are built around a fairly impressive learning curve, where early tricks can be performed with a simple tap of L2 and a flick of the right control stick, while more demanding (and certainly impressive) tricks require more precise analogue motions and play setup. Unlike regular, boring football, FIFA Street emphasises clever foot play and mastery of the ball in a more contained environment over the broader, traditional football most have come to love. Abandoning the cartoon style of previous FIFA Street titles, FIFA Street‘s characters and locations are crafted with a realistic art direction, accurately modelling famous players from a host of official worldwide street football teams. Meticulous attention to detail has also been given to the animations, which again sport realistic, accurate motions for all player movement, and especially especially for crafty footwork when performing ball tricks.Īnd that is the key to what makes FIFA Street different from other football games: ball tricks. Menus are sleek and easy to navigate, real world players appear in filmed world tour intro videos, and the soundtrack is a tight mix of R&B, hip hop, urban dance and more, each element thematically consistent with the street football theme. Impressively, EA has taken production values to a level that matches the mainline FIFA titles. Four years they’ve come up with FIFA Street, and though it shares the franchise’ adherence to street football (hence the name), it also comes with a host of new additions and changes.įirst and foremost, FIFA Street is a bit more serious business than the past games. Met with ho-hum sales, especially given the usual popularity of the FIFA brand name, EA went back to the drawing board in hopes of giving the franchise a breath of fresh air. The last FIFA Street, FIFA Street 3, was released back in 2008. So yes, it’s a reboot of sorts, though based on a franchise not quite as old as one might think. No, it’s much easier when rebooting a franchise to pick a nice, clean easy to understand title. You know what I mean: nothing like FIFA Street 14 or FIFA Street: Ball Awakening. More specifically, it’s trendy to title reboots without numerical values indicating consecutive franchise entries, and also without convoluted subtitles. If there’s one thing more common than reboots it’s how these reboots are named.
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