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Urban Freestyle Soccer
Xbox
Released On: Mar 25, 2004
40
User Score
Available after 4 ratings
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
40
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
90% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
40
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
90% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
An engaging and challenging urban adaptation of the sport, Freestyle Street Soccer offers a solid arcade sporting experience. Balancing traditional soccer gameplay with easy-to-execute tricks and stunts, the game is simple to play.
Squarely intent on holding the middle ground in every sense of the phrase, this isn't a terrible game, but it isn't especially good, either.
Passing and shooting in these high-scoring battles is as easy as squeezing the trigger on an Uzi, but complicated button-mashing for trick moves, muddy graphics, and a schizophrenic soundtrack of Method Man, TLC, and Foo Fighters all draw red cards.
The problem is that many of the tricks you do with the ball simply don't work. Worse yet is the abyssmal AI - particularly for the goalies. [Feb 2004, p.109]
It's yet another example of a distinctly average "extreme sports" game that lacks the polish and creativity of the real-life sportsmen it's trying to emulate-slash-harness.
If nothing else, this game should serve as a fine example of what not to do when developing a street sports game, and if it serves this purpose well, hopefully no one will ever have to endure another urban-themed train wreck like Freestyle Street Soccer.
The realization that the game looks like crap is essentially an afterthought...This would pass as a minigame mode in "FIFA" or "Winning Eleven," but no way is it ready to stand on its own. [Mar 2004, p.80]
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Summary Freestyle Street Soccer focuses on 10 individual gangs--all based on the different styles, fashions, and cultures found in the concrete jungle. These teams fiercely compete for each other's turf with the ultimate goal to gain control of the whole city. You'll join the battle as one of 40 players with individual catchphrases, plus trick, ...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 2
- Xbox
- GameCube
Initial Release Date: Mar 25, 2004
Developer:
- Silicon Dreams
Publisher: Acclaim
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