This is EA Sports Big contribution to the street soccer fanatics. And it is a very good one. It is the follow up from last years with a lot of improvements. And it is available on a PS2, Xbox, DS, GC and PSP. So you don’t have any excuse to not play it. To play this game you have to think and act fast. It is a 3 versus 3 game and you play in different locations in the world.

It is a different way to play soccer. It is easy to play and it is for every age. You play 4 versus 4 at a small court. There seem to be no rules at all. And with that in mind I don’t mean that that you will see blood. To pass the ball, every inch of the court is to your disposal. And that is one of the elements that make this game very street like. You can pass the ball by wall for example. And that is the most important issue about this game. It’s not only soccer you are playing but how you play it. You get more points if you dribble and do tricks with the ball. When you reach your point limit you get this “matrix effect” and can shoot a more difficult shot, which is not easy for the keeper to save.

There are several modes in this game. If you want to play right away just choose “game on” mode. There you can play right away and pick some great teams. I would recommend making your own team and playing it up. There is a “rule the street” mode that I found more interesting. In this mode you make your own player as you wish. And that is one of the aspects in the game that is really impressive. You can choose your skin, nose, jaw, ears, head and body. That is more impressive then most RPG games. There are more details to the player in any other football game.

Rule the street: can make player as you like. Can choose facial, chin, nose, jaw, ears head. You name it! You can detail a player as much as you like I have seen in a game. Points to upgrade player with skills like speed, shot power, shot accuracy, tricks, tackling.
Earn rep points.

The graphics in this game is impressive to be on a portable player. You can see the player in detail on the course. It got some of the best graphics of games that have been released to the PSP. When or if Fifa Street 3 comes there will probably be more improvement, but don’t forget the PSP is still a new device. The only drawback about the graphics is that it can be a little dark. I guess that is the PSP fault, and I hope that will be taken to consideration when they make a sequel.

The soundtrack is amazing. Fifa Street is a member of the EA BIG series, and they always have great soundtracks. In this game they have lot of hip hop music. I would recommend to play this with good headsets, since the speakers in the PSP don’t make so much sound.

I find the controls are not as precise as they should be. Sometimes they seem to lag, and that can be very frustrating. You can only steer with the analog stick. You can pass the ball across the ground or air. Also when you tackle a player it seems that the game needs you to be very accurate. That can sometimes be very annoying, when you stand where you should be. It might be that the lag time has something to do with this.

Another thing that I could not miss was the loading time. When you find yourself in menu mode and just want to check it out, it takes to long.

I am not a huge soccer playing guy, but I really enjoyed playing this game. It is fun and fast and it is easy to play multiplayer. It even works between an American PSP and a European. The ability to make your own player almost as you is a very cool aspect of the game and it makes the game more personal. You also get to hear a lot of great music while playing the game. There also a possibility to use your own music that you have stored on your memory card. There is one thing that I missed. I wish there where some more teams like Holland. They have some great players.