Summary: Featuring over 250 of the world’s best players representing 18 of the top international teams, each player has been rendered into a stylized caricature with heroic qualities.Rather than triggering this monster move in a hotspot on the court, Sheffield cites Mario Strikers' madcap power-ups as an inspiration for lighting up the opposition. The biggest break from any previous Street titles, however, lies within the Gamebreaker system. Sheffield described how the early evolution of the game had basketball players kicking balls, which evolved into ten guys with Thierry Henry's head, which then evolved into something resembling early stages of the current product. showboating.īesides FIFA 08, the FS3 team has also heavily borrowed NBA Street Homecourt's animation and its trick-based engine. The AI has evolved in quirky ways: since there are no corner kicks or penalties to program, there's room for the AI to decide between shooting, passing, and. He also pointed out the sim-centric AI that the team has borrowed from the FIFA 08 tech, as well as a few sprinklings of the 2006 FIFA World Cup programming. If your shot misses the net, you can just as easily rebound a possession off the wall. Balls can easily go out of bounds in any open setting, such as a rooftop. The FS3 team has done away with invisible walls, so you won't see artificial boundaries in the game. The brick house honor, however, goes to Italy's defensive midfielder "Rino" Gattuso, who represents stockier, more imposing players.Īlthough we had a fairly good time with the demo before, Sheffield pointed out a few details that we hadn't noticed in the midst of hitting tricks and juking past defenders. Perpetual cover star Ronaldinho represents the middle ground: athletic and agile players who aren't paper thin, but aren't brick houses. England's 6'7" hyper-rhythmic Peter Crouch exemplifies the leaner, lankier players. The game's cover stars seem to accentuate the three player types you'll use. This game's less dark and brooding than the others, and since the players are already larger-than-life figures, the team wanted to make them look exaggerated and superheroic. Conceptually, Sheffield said, the idea behind FS3's look is to get away from the legacy of the past titles. As the myriad players from eighteen nations go through new 'dos on a frequent basis (Beckham, anyone?), it's harder to get coifs right than it is to create proper facial likenesses. "The hardest thing, we've discovered, is that keeping up with hairstyles is a nightmare," said Justin Sheffield, FS3's Associate Producer. However, with a little elbow grease, some ingenuity and gameplay that combines elements from two great titles of last year, FIFA Street 3 might just prove that the third time's a charm. After all, the two prior games weren't exactly cup-qualifying titles. EA dropped into our offices earlier today to show off updated builds of the sequel. Judging by our glance at a few choice message boards online, hardcore gamers seem to be digging FIFA Street 3 in the wake of its demo release last week on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store.
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