MhcFirestarter reviews

Distributed by
Acclaim

Price: $39.99

Players: 1-2

NBA Street is a typical basketball game except the fact is that you play "Street Ball." Typically I don't play basketball games. This one is different though. You work your way through a mode called "City Circuit" gaining different NBA players and many "Street Legends." There is also a mode "Hold the Court" in which you can practice your skills against friends or the CPU. The game features a new way of playing too: a game of 21 with a team of 3. Its all street too, anything goes. When you beat a certain amount of teams you will accumulate many NBA/Street Stars making your team unbeatable. Also at the end of a game when you get to pick a player from the team you've defeated you can instead pick a random amount of development points, which in turn can be used on the player you've created. The create-a-character mode isn't that good compared to that of other games with the same feature, though. Also if you have no clue in how to play this game there is a "Street School" mode to teach you the moves. The features of this game are pretty damn good for that of a low budget EA Sports game. The graphics are very bright and clear, there is an active background and the players move smoothly down the court. Not many pixel errors that I could see either. It was also brought to my attention that the World Trade Center was missing in the loading screen. In the PS2 version it was there in full. I enjoyed this game a lot and frequently rent it and play against my friends or just sit though many games against the CPU beating them. If you REALLY want to enjoy this game, play on Easy mode and turn the announcer off during the game. The sound wasn't that good though, that coming from the players being indescribable and odd. For example, when a player jumps into the air they sound like a dying dog gasping for air. It sounds like they just gave the same voice to everyone. A sports game really doesn't need music either and this game doesn't have much but a cheap tune in the background. This game is overall a good one for a party or a bunch of friends to play together.

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