Points earned during games can be used to unlock new moves, from ‘fundamental’ skill sets or specialised, more impressive maneuvers, or to purchase ‘celebrations’, so your goal scorers stand out from the crowd. There’s plenty of scope for players who like to get the hood up and tinker with the engine, allowing customisation of player clothing to create a distinctive look for your squad. Generally, you’ll find players either getting in the way or get in good positions to help you out. Sadly, non-player AI is frustrating, as the computer players both frequently ‘stick’ to yours, inhibiting movement and failing to really understand movement on the pitch. New players can start with the stick for movement and two buttons – pass and shoot – building up their capabilities as they go. Hidden below the surface of FIFA Street is a hefty list of special skills and moves, which familiarity and progress within the game will unlock, revealing much more depth than it first appears. There’s online play over Xbox Live and also a World Tour mode taking you to different countries, each major city hosting one of the game formats, often in multi-round tournaments where success rewards the player with extras such as clothing and equipment.įIFA Street is great fun, and plays very well for the most part. Lastly, there’s ‘Custom Match’, which allows gamers to create a game where they choose the number of players, ball type, scoring method and even if you want a goalie or not. Last Man Standing introduces an interesting dynamic, since the more successful you are, the more you’re handicapped on the pitch with fewer players.
‘Last Man Standing’ is a great inclusion that, much like the similarly-named modes in racing games, removes a player each time a goal is scored. Panna Rules is definitely the mode for players who like to show off more, and focus on their mad skillz! If the other team scores in the meantime, you lose your banked points. Next there’s ‘Panna Rules’, where you get three points for a Panna (putting the ball through the legs of your players), banking points when you score tricks and then ‘cashing’ them in when you score a goal.