NFL Street
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NFL Street was a series of sports video games developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. Currently there are three games in the series, NFL Street and NFL Street 2, both released in 2004, and NFL Street 3 was released on November 15, 2006. The NFL Street series is made in the same vein as NBA Street and other franchises such as NFL Blitz. Similar to Blitz, Street is seven-on-seven American football. NFL Players in the game wear street clothing instead of helmets and uniforms but the players can also wear jerseys. In 2008 EA Tiburon confirmed NFL Street project had folded during the release of its spiritual successor, NFL Tour.
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[edit] NFL Street
| NFL Street | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | EA Tiburon |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PS2, Xbox |
| Release date | January 14, 2004 |
Stadiums
- EA Field — San Francisco, CA
- West Coast — San Diego, CA
- City Limits — Detroit, MI
- Legends Park — Cleveland, OH
- Da Roof — Atlanta, GA
- Warehouse — Miami, FL
- The Pit — New York City, NY
- The Courtyard — Houston, TX
NFL Street was released for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox on January 14, 2004. It featured Justin Bua's rendering of Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams on the cover. Bua is also featured in the opening sequence of the game.
Like every other American football game, NFL Street has the basic rules, but as with NFL Blitz this game has no fouls and low penalty gameplay. Naturally, this leads to a much more violent game than its real-life model. However, to maintain the "IronMan" status, there are no injuries in any game. The main mode is NFL Challenge where the user has to beat teams in their leagues. They have to choose from 6 roster types to start off. Rush Offense, Rush Defense, Pass Offense, Pass Defense, Balanced and Custom. If the user chooses Custom they start off with 8,000 Development Points which are there to make created players better not the taken real NFL Players. There are three types of celebration. Rock, Rap and Athlete which the created player engages in when they score a touchdown or when they "Sack" or takedown the player behind the blue line visible.
[edit] NFL Street 2
| NFL Street 2 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | EA Tiburon |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | GameCube, PS2, Xbox |
| Release date | December 22, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
NFL Street 2 was released on December 22, 2004 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox video game consoles. It was also ported to the PSP in 2005. The cover featured tight end Jeremy Shockey and rapper Xzibit. Instead of touring all over the U.S., NFL Street 2 took place in a fictional city known as Bay City.
[edit] Stadiums
- The Back Lot
- Sportsplex
- The Tracks
- The Aqueduct
- The Dig
- 2nd St. Station
- The Cage
- The Alley
- Royal Park
- Imperial Tower
- EA Field (Unlockable)
- Gridiron Park (Unlockable)
[edit] Own The City Mode
This game mode is the newest mode of NFL Street 2, the player must create a character and win all of the street games in the city. The player must play pick-up games to recruit talent for a team. The pick-up games are made up of randomly generated players. As the game progresses, the player will need to find better talent. If the player is successful they will face Xzibit and his team of NFL stars. When the player completes Own The City mode, the created player can be imported to Madden NFL 2006, another successful football title, or can be imported to the NFL Challenge.
[edit] NFL Challenge
NFL Challenge is the official mode of the NFL Street series. The player must build up a team in 150 days to face the NFL Stars by completing challenges, such as scoring 250,000 style points on the Philadelphia Eagles. Winning the challenges gives the player development points to spend on the players but also at the expense of days. When 5 days remain, a tournament opens up and the player's team must win the tournament to complete NFL Challenge. If the player advances into the final round, they face the NFL Legends, a team of NFL stars from the 1970s and 1980s.
[edit] Gamebreaker 2s
One of the new features in NFL Street 2 is the addition of Gamebreaker 2. The player must first acquire many style points to unlock a gamebreaker and then without using it, acquire the same amount of style points again. When called at the line of scrimmage, A cutscene occurs in which on defense, the defense stylishly gets the ball back while on offense, the offense stylishly gets over the line of scrimmage. After the cutscene, the player enters a "God Mode" in which he has unlimited turbo and will break 95% of his tackles.
[edit] NFL Street cover athletes
- NFL Street (Original) — Ricky Williams, Barry Sanders, and Shannon Sharpe.
- NFL Street 2 — Jeremy Shockey, Alge Crumpler
- NFL Street 3 — Chad Johnson
[edit] NFL teams in NFL Street
The teams feature 17 players on the 32 NFL Teams from the 2004 NFL season, but the rosters are accurate as of November of 2004.
[edit] NFL Street 3
NFL Street 3 is the third installment of the NFL Street Series which was released on November 15, 2006 for the Playstation 2 and PlayStation Portable. This time the player can perform jumping moves to get big air over opponents. This installment features more game modes and tons of entertaining moves and things to unlock. Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals appears on the cover. Clinton Portis also appears in the game in the opening. As Johnson and Portis imply in all videos, NFL Street 3 is all about respect.
[edit] Game modes
- Bank: A competition to earn the most style points.
- Play Elimination: The team begins the match with a specific amount of plays in the playbook, if the selected play does not gain any yards or results in negative yards the play is eliminated. This goes on until there are no plays left. You win by eliminating all of your opponent's plays and scoring a touchdown
- Pick-Up Game: Fill Up a Team with the NFL’s best stars. Schoolyard picks, either 40 random players, or all of them.
- Time Attack: A Mode where the player must score within the time limit of possession, if the player scores any remaining time will be added to the score.
- Yards for Points: Every yard you gain is a point. Every yard on a run play is worth 2 points, while every yard on a pass play is only worth one point. If a turnover occurs, then it subtracts points from the opponent's gain for that play, when the ball reaches the line of scrimmage, the opponent loses points from their total.
- Gamebreakers are also a big part in NFL Street 3.
[edit] New features
- GameBreaker Moves: Now the player can perform specific Game Breaker Moves while on defense or offense like a Game Breaker Juke or a Lock On Tackle.
- Jumping: One of the new features of NFL Street 3 is the player can now jump off objects to go high in the air for a large gain. This adds a new dimension to the game of football.
- The NFL Legends team consists of Brett Favre (Packers), Thurman Thomas (Bills), Mike Ditka (Bears), Art Monk (Redskins), Dan Dierdorf (Cardinals), Reggie White (Eagles), Ray Nitschke (Packers), and Steve Atwater (Broncos).
- One cannot edit the equipment of NFL players. They all wear their respective team jerseys.
[edit] Reception and awards
- Received award for Best Alternative Sports Game of 2006 for PlayStation 2 from IGN.
