NFL Street 2

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Add more style to your game by making no-look, one-handed grabs, dive tackles, button-mash ball strips -- plus new hurdle wraps and run-specific defensive line moves
• Seven New Game Modes never seen before in any football game
• Rub it in - Celebrate that winning score with one hand as you make a mid-air snatch with the other
• Recruit new players by hitting the streets - take over neighborhood leagues and dominate the competition
• Revamped GameBreakers for dramatic sequences -- running backs launch off lead blockers, linebackers throw defensive back over the line to force turnovers and much more

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006I5I5I
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 23, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,982 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

Game Informer Review

This series' mixture of showboating flash and primetime play is an intoxicating combo that hides its simple premise as a pick-up-and play, multiplayer-on-the-couch game. This brand of football was defined in the original NFL Street perhaps a little too well. I say that because it's sequel time and all NFL Street 2 can come up with on the field is one new move.

The game has expanded in other ways, but this was mainly to diversify and get away from the grinding, boring structure of the first title. You can play through challenges with your created team (NFL Challenge), take your favorite team against all the other NFL franchises (NFL Gauntlet), or cruise the city picking up players and playing Street Event minigames (Own the City mode). When you step back and think about it, NFL Street 2 has diversified to essentially offer three different ways to play the game. I'm torn as to which way I like to play best, and it's almost a shame there isn't one ultimate way to experience the entire title. For instance, I like the feeling of building up the skills of each team member in NFL Challenge, but this is absent in Own the City. For its part, however, this mode changes things up with Street Event minigames – some of which are better than others (all are online, however).

Despite the myriad ways to experience the game, at its heart, this sequel is virtually unchanged in the gameplay department. I loved the wall jump, which works really well as an evasive manuever, but the GameBreaker 2 (see below) is a big, fat egg. Apart from the lack of additions, there are problems that aren't cleaned up as well. Players' response to your commands can be sluggish, there are no hot routes, and defenses lack any kind of ball swat move. I also don't like how the impact gear isn't prevalent.

This series is one that posits itself as of the pick-up-and-play variety, which is certainly true. But that doesn't leave it long enough legs to help it run away from the moniker of "mediocre."

Concept:
You'll love the wall moves, but the majority of the changes this year are structural

Graphics:
I was surprised that there didn't seem to be a lot of new tackle animations

Sound:
Contains the usual host of EA Trax tunes, including a clutch of exclusive songs

Playability:
Players' response to your controller inputs is a tad slow, but signature moves are easier to pull off

Entertainment:
More fun than the first, but not by much. This is the game last years' should have been

Replay:
Moderately High

Rated: 7.5 out of 10
Editor: Matthew Kato
Issue: February 2005

2nd Opinion:
Ryan Leaf comes to mind when I think of the new GameBreaker 2. All this hype and excitement, and they turn out to be the most disappointing aspect of the game. It's a major buzz kill that the computer controls these maneuvers for you. I want to play the game, not watch it from the sidelines! And why does this game make Xzibit look like the greatest talent in football? What's next? Ray Charles in NFL Street 3? On a positive note, the new wall moves are implemented nicely and really open up the running game. Own the City mode also offers up a nice variety of challenges and unlockables. At its core, this is still a hard-hitting game, but the majority of new content just doesn't sit well.

Rated: 7.5 out of 10
Editor: Andrew Reiner


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Product Description

NFL Street 2 lets you defy gravity and stretch your game to the skies. Send yourreceivers off walls change passing lanes by running your QB up a building andtake advantage of eye-popping wall jukes and all-new hurdles. You better hold onto the ball because defenders fly across the field in ways never before seen ina football game. Players descend on an all-new persistent world Bay City tobuild their teams their reps and their battle plans one field at a time. Joinpick-up games around the city and establish your reputation by recruiting talentfrom the neighborhoods you conquer as you begin your journey to becomefootball's biggest street legend. Play in ten new fields and two bonusenvironments for all-new wall interactions Create-A-Player system allows you tocustomize player details - down to the eye color and the shape of your nose.Perform wall moves on key areas of every field to unlock new NFL legends andearn Style points. Take on the best and prove your skills by going online withXbox LiveProduct Features Add more style to your game by making no-look one-handed grabs dive tackles button-mash ball strips -- plus new hurdle wraps and run-specific defensive line moves Seven New Game Modes never seen before in any football game Rub it in - Celebrate that winning score with one hand as you make a mid-air snatch with the other Recruit new players by hitting the streets - take over neighborhood leagues and dominate the competition Revamped GameBreakers for dramatic sequences -- running backs launch off lead blockers linebackers throw defensive back over the line to force turnovers and much more

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game! A LOT Better Than The First! Worth The Money!, March 1, 2005

By 

M. Boone "DaClint" (Manhattan, IL United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NFL Street 2 (Video Game)

This is a great game. Fans of the first NFL Street will love this game. There are so many new game modes and features and the online play is a lot of fun (dial-up or broadband/dsl) (Online play works surprisingly well on dial-up for PS2).

The game modes include:

Own the City (You create a guy and gain team members by playing pick up games. If you beat this mode, you can use your guy in NFL Challenge and in Madden 2006).

NFL Challenge (This is like how the first game was. You have 150 days to make your team the best it can be by getting ability points from completing challenges. You can also add real NFL players on your team. You can use your created team online to battle other peoples online teams. Also, I think you earn points to make your players better if you win online).

NFL Gauntlet (You pick a NFL team and battle all the other NFL teams. I'm sure you unlock things as you go through each team).

Pickup Game (This is the old game where you pick players from NFL teams and have an exhibition match with the CPU or with some friends).

Street Events (These are mini games which you can play with the CPU or with friends. Some include include:

Crush the Carrier [You grab the ball and get as much points as you can get until you get tackled and the ball goes up for grabs. Whoever has the most points at the end of time limit wins]

A "500" type game [CPUs throw passes awhile a group of people try to catch the balls. Whoever has the most points at the end of the time limit wins].

Open Field Showdown [You go one-on-one against a CPU or player in a field from like the 20 or 25 yard line. You try to fake-out your opponent and score a touchdown].

There are also many other mini games available but they are like playing a normal pickup game.

New to this game is wall jumps. You can go by the wall and do a wall jump, wall juke, wall pass, or wall catch to get rid of the defense and get those extra yards. Also if you do a wall move on a poster, you get extra points and your gamebreaker meter (the ability to get your guy powered up to make a huge play) will fill up by about a third.

This game has endless possibilities. You can create a guy, create a team, play a lot of people online, play against a friend or against friends, and a lot more. This football game is a break from traditional football games like Madden 2005. Madden is still a great game but its cool in this game because you can jump off the walls and just break free from all the rules and slow-paced action of traditional football games (Madden 2005, ESPN 2K5). This game reminds me a lot of the Blitz series. I would say this is the best football game out there now. And if it was between NFL Street 2 and NBA Street V3, I would say this game. This is probably one of the top ten games out there.

Also, this game has a great soundtrack featuring a lot of rap/hip-hop and punk/rock/alternative. This is not one boring song on the soundtrack and since there are a lot of songs, it doesn't get repetitive.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NFL Street 2 is not just for the street anymore, February 2, 2005

By 

Xbox nut "try to catch me" (pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NFL Street 2 (Video Game)

When you pick this game up in a store or look at it on the internet you have a good chance at falling in love with it. The rap in the game helps make it feel more like an urban style game. I think it is cool how Xzhibit is in the game. Also there are a ton of unlockabales in this game. One unlockable is team Xzhibit and the NFL Legends. You can also play as the NFC and AFC division allstars in this. It is great if you ask me. If you pick up one game this month pick up NFL Street 2.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Football and Rap go together really good, January 25, 2005

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NFL Street 2 (Video Game)

Graphics: 8/10

-not bad graphics

Sound: 10/10

-awsome tracks from punk, rock, and of course my favorite Rap/Hip-Hop

Controls: 9/10

-takes some time to get used to it, but you have tutoriols

Gameplay: 10/10

-wall running, awsome multiplayer, dance running moves, and online play how much good can it get

This is a huge improvment from NFL Street and is an awsome game

I give it 5 out of 5 stars

Now go and buy NFL Street 2

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