Techotic

EA’s new offering FIFA Street 3 is not just based on your match winning skills. Also involves improving your level of ‘Respect’, the more respect you gain, the more options come your way.

The more extreme and flamboyant your foot work and dribbling skills, the more points and respect you earn. All the skills and moves are quite simple to learn, and then master using the buttons and D-pad.

There is an exciting combination of a touch screen interface that is far more intriguing than the traditional D-pad set up. The touch screen offers FIFA Street 3 lots of built-in potential with the extremely well conceived application.
To pass the ball to another player, you simply have to tap on the player you want to receive your pass and the shot will be completed. Or simply by drawing a line towards the direction of the opposing team’s goal should see it in the back of the net.

The stylus interface offers high-quality and flowing movements, with only a handful of unsuccessful movement commands. Either control method is satisfying and allows the guidance of your team.

There are a couple of flaws in the game, after some time playing, the game can seem a little repetitive, even with the clever moves and tricks available. EA’s attempts to move the game away from the traditional ‘cup winning’ formula do not really succeed. And the game still boils down to a simple matter of playing multiple teams.

Scoring goals can be a little frustrating, when shots that seem to be right on the money fail to score. Conversely, poor shots seem to find the net without much problem. Your skill the ball and use of clever tricks increases the possibility of your shot hitting the back of the net.

The flipside of this is that your game can deteriorate into silly juggling tricks and not much actual game play.
Curiously there is also no in game referee, which transforms each match into sloppy and unfocused free for all. After you have performed your clever ball juggling acts, it can be more than a little frustrating to have the ball suddenly taken from you by rival player, with a dirty tackle.
The wi-fi multiplayer options are pleasing, as is, a lot of the animation and other visuals. But ultimately the games become repetitive, and more than a little frustrating.