Fifa Street was a game where caricatures of real-life players performed super-human physical acts in the name of football. Fifa Street was to football what Street Fighter is to UFC - over the top and completely unrealistic.
But EA's reboot of the game is a long way from the original.The players look identical to their real-life counterparts and the moves are all perfectly plausible, although not ones you'd see many of them perform regularly.
Some might see this overhaul of realism as blasphemous but with most of the control scheme mirroring its big brother Fifa, this game is bound to attract a whole new audience.
I could go into detail about the controls here, but it would only sound overly complicated when, in reality, it's remarkably simple and intuitive.
In a matter of minutes you'll be performing rainbow flicks, feints, step-overs, heel-chops and pirouettes like a pro.
There are more than 1500 players to choose from and over 100 officially licensed clubs - but no sign of any All Whites in this remake, where Chris Killen and Rory Fallon featured in the original game. Eleven game modes are available including Futsal and Panna matches and, my personal favourite, Last Man Standing, a four-on-four mode where you lose a player each time you score a goal. The winner is the team with nobody left on the pitch. The multiplayer support is comprehensive and well supported, as you would expect from any EA Sports title.
Fifa Street, though very different from the original, is still great fun to play. Visually it's stunning and the presentation it typically slick. Football and sports fans alike should check it out.
