The ‘fun’ bit is the Supercharged Netbuster, which is basically like NBA’s ‘he’s on fire!’, but without the style. The ball sticks to your foot pretty much all the time until tackled, and as in all these games, the opponents always seem to be either really good or really stupid. In spite of the backgrounds, the gameplay isn’t too bad. There are different places to play, most of them look like the sort of places you’d not walk at night. Presentation aside you play 4 on 4, and it’s a basic run, pass and shoot type of game. Some of the other teams are Taggin Crew, Street Ballers and BMX Crew, something that’s irritating enough when reading this graffiti on a wall, let alone on your console.
The girl’s team (Hardcore Honeys) reads like something out of a porn film and it gets very tedious. This continues further into the game, as when you select a team, they give you the names of the players. The opening video sequence shows some dope street crew, talking a slow stroll through some urban hell-hole, giving it the stereotypical macho small-brained attitude that you (or the marketing team) expect. Think about lots of degenerate teenagers and drop-outs tagging everything, and spurting out their illiterate ramblings about what they consider to be boom or phat. The thing about this game is the concept of ‘street’. Remember the Nike adverts in the cage/boat, with some great footballers doing some very cool tricks, all presided over by Eric Cantona? That was obviously the inspiration for this game, but the similarity stops there. Urban Freestyle Soccer tries something a little different, but not much, and takes the game off the pitch and into the street. Let’s face it, for every good soccer game, there are ten wannabes.
(Pocket-lint) - Football games have always been big sellers on consoles, and anyone trying to muscle in on the act has a tough challenge.
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