As I progressed through the various modes, I realized the gameplay wasn't buggy, nor was the game shoddily crafted.
One of the new DJs, Zane Lowe, who replaced MC Harvey, admits on air to not wanting to be like the other DJs, so he stops the chatter and lets you listen to the music. The irritating trendy junk of 2005 has mostly vanished. This isn't the cookie cutter product of last year. What I found is a game that's constructed with a lot more care and attention to detail than the original. So last week, I took a deep breath, cleared my mind, prayed to the soccer gods for a miracle, and started playing. But the other thing about reviewing any game is that one must have an open mind. But given the state of the original and recognizing EA's deft handling of this - we were only recently given a build to play - I've had my suspicions. I love soccer and have played it all my life, and so getting the opportunity to play any soccer game is a real treat. Mine was confronting the idea of reviewing FIFA Street 2. If redemption is equal to the amount of tricks one can pull off in a given soccer game and not having the worst announcer in the history of videogames, then EA at least isn't going to hell.Īs a reviewer, one must face his personal horrors.
After the monstrosity that was the original FIFA Street, I felt it my obligation to see if EA had redeemed itself with the sequel. See, I've been assigned to review FIFA Street 2.
Over the past few nights I've found it difficult to face the oncoming doom.