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NFL Street 2 Unleashed

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NFL Street 2 Unleashed
73
7.4 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 23 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: EA Tiburon - EA Canada

Genre(s): Sports, Football

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: March 21, 2005

Summary

Defy gravity and stretch the world of arcade football to the skies with NFL Street 2 Unleashed. NFL players are free from their real-world constraints to dominate the streets one stylin' move and one field at a time. Raise your game to the limits with up-the-wall passes, off-the-wall catches, and highlight-reel wall jukes that are sure to solidify your place as football's greatest urban legend. With New Exclusive Street Events, head-to-head wireless gameplay, NFL superstars and legends playing both sides of the ball, and new PSP-specific content, the time to own the streets is NOW. You won't find Street Events like Street Slalom, Style Standoff, and Style Point Challenge on any other platform. Up to four players use a single PSP unit to compete in game modes including 2 Minute Challenge, Jump Ball Challenge, and more. EA Pocket Trax is a new feature designed for PSP allows you to listen and watch music content via this built in player. [Electronic Arts]

What The Critics Said

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89

Next Level Gaming

More or less the PS2 version of the game, and that is not bad at all. You'll have just as much fun with it too. Great single player stuff, and head-to-head multiplayer is ok.

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80

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Moves at a blisteringly fast pace (unlike some other PSP sports games), looks comparable to its visually impressive big brothers, and is simple to control. [May 2005, p.98]

80

GameZone

It gets its praise being the most addictive arcade-style sports game on the planet.

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80

Play Magazine

For a handheld game of street ball, NFL Street rocks. [May 2005, p.70]

80

PSM Magazine

Probably more than any other PSP launch title, Unleashed performs and plays just as well as its bigger PS2 brother. [June 2005, p.82]

80

Operation Sports

The new content is useless, the lack of Internet play is disappointing, and the load times are excruciating ... but this is one of the rare exceptions in gaming where the port is better than the original.

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80

Gamers' Temple

The PSP’s first option for football gaming on the go is a good one and will fill the gap nicely as we wait for the system’s first full NFL game.

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80

GameBiz

Just a fun game which you don't need to have really any American Football knowledge to play.

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79

Game Chronicles

Next to Sony’s ATV game, NFL Street 2 Unleashed is probably the best port, or at least the port with the least changes, to make the jump to the handheld.

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79

PSX Nation

Unleashed duplicates the look and feel of its big console counterpart remarkably well, so much so that owning both versions of the game would be foolish.

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78

IGN

All in all, Unleashed reminds me a lot of the St. Louis Rams. A lot of flash, some potential, and even some great highlights from time to time, but in the end it just doesn't have the goods to be crowned the champ.

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75

1UP

Feature-rich and full of worthy diversions, Unleashed's major drawbacks are ergonomically taxing controls (more the fault of the hardware), a horrid soundtrack, some less-than-user-friendly considerations in the various modes, and "Legacy of Kain"-esque load times, which is to say they're really long.

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75

Gaming Age

One of the deeper sports titles on the PSP. Just because it was stripped down to a handheld, does not mean that features and depth have been sacrificed.

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72

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

A tiny bit simple and way too similar to the PS2 version, but still good US footie fun. [PSM2]

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72

GameSpot

One of the least altered, if not the least altered, of all the console games ported to the PSP. And that ultimately works both for and against it.

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70

GameSpy

An admirable port -- a perfect example of how to properly transfer a game to Sony's handheld. With a few control tweaks to take advantage of the hardware, the sport will really shine.

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70

Game Informer

The GameBreakers are unbalanced and the new non-interactive GameBreaker 2's are shameful. [May 2005, p.136]

69

Worth Playing

The load times have the added effect of killing a lot of the joy that can be gained from playing this game.

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63

PSX Extreme

I don’t see a reason that EA feels like a port with no real enhancements is worth full retail price, especially since they couldn’t be bothered to update the horribly outdated rosters, which were already old on the PS2, and are even worse now. Toss in the awful load times, and you’ve got no reason to pick this one up.

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60

Modojo

There's so many things that work for it, like the quick-styled gameplay and the presentation, and yet it's knocked down by the loading times and the fact that not too much sets it apart from the console version.

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60

G4 TV

The game is arguably more suited to a handheld since the fast-paced, somewhat repetitive action is best enjoyed in small doses.

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60

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

The controls in the street slalom are so shoddy that it's more annoying than entertaining. [June 2005, p.99]

58

Game Revolution

While EA scored big with the original, each successive Street has felt more and more like the repetitive plays in the identical playbooks - rote exercises to be performed in the endless pursuit of bling.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Wongit gave it a0:
Worst $44 i ever spent. im returning this preowned crap.

Kyle K. gave it an8:
Great graphics and awesome football gameplay! Soundtrack scores a touchdown as well! GOOD!

Marie D. gave it an8:
Good game and I love the graphics -- it truly looks amazing! My only gripe is getting used to the controls. Keep the sports titles coming!

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