When Fifa Street appeared back in 2005, it was part of EA's ill-judged BIG label, in which development teams were expected to bring street chic to the sports genre. By the end of the series, Fifa Street had become a bizarre fantasy of millionaire footballers repeating mystical tricks on fairyland parking lot pitches. It had become totally divorced from reality. It was an interactive Nike advert.
So yes, Fifa Street. After a couple of matches I was beginning to glimpse the complexities of the control system, the way stepovers, slights and nutmegs can combine with shielding moves to create very tense, very satisfying little encounters. I guess the question is whether there's a market for it now.
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