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.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ENJOYMENT
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
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.
