NBA Street V3

"NBA Street V3....... YEAH!!!!!! A great game to continue the saga!!"

This game is great, after playing NFL Street 2, I didn't know what to expect. I got tired of NFL Street 2 really fast, but fortunately that is not the case for this game!!

-GAMEPLAY- (9/10)

Well, the controls didn't really change. Although they did add a little thing called the trick stick. They removed the gamebreaker 2, but added a better dunk gamebreaker. See with together these two new features are GREAT!! Well, first off, the trick stick allows you to do many tricks by simply flicking the right analog stick in any direction. Adding this to the new and improved gamebreaker dunk, means when you do the dunk you can do many tricks while dunking, then you can pass the ball to one of your team members, if they decide to jump up, then they can also do tricks, and even pass the ball to the final member!!

-GAME MODES- (10/10)

There are a bunch of new game modes, including create-a-shoe, create-a-court, and (FINALLY) A DUNK CONTEST!! Yes, a dunk contest, see this has to do with the new trick stick, you can pass the ball to yourself, jump over props, or just jump regularly. This is where the trick stick comes in, once your are in the air you can do as many tricks as you can using the trick stick. The create-a-court is great, it allows you to build your own basketball court from the ground up. You pick the name, the surroundings, the main surface, the type of stachion, backboard, net, and even the logos. The create-a-shoe is also a great new feature, you get to make your very own shoes for your created ballers. I, personally, love it, for example, I created 50 Cent and made him his own pair of G6's.

The Street Challenge is very good, you create a baller, you may pick to build a custom one or choose from many preset ones, including Prodigy, Dunker, Ankle Breaker, and a few more. You start off with just a few Street Points, and you pick up a few not so good ballers to be on your team, but as you go along you can give them the boot and recruit better ones. They may be NBA Players, Street Legends, and even NBA Legends. The Street Legends include, The Beastie Boys, Biggie Littles, Bonafide, Dime, Phat, Stretch, and Takashi. There are 25 NBA Legends, but they include Ervin "Magic" Johnson, Spudd Webb, Julius Erving, and many more.

-GRAPHICS- (9/10)

The graphics are still pretty good. You can see the shoes a lot better, and everything seems to be a little bit smoother. Well that's all you really have to say about that.

-SOUND- (9/10)

The music is okay, I don't really like all of the artists on there, but other than that.... Bobitto is in this game, just like the last one. He doesn't talk about food as much, but he still mentions it every now and then. He has a lot of other great sayings, though.

-BUY or RENT- Buy for sure!!

I actually pre-ordered this game because I love the Street games so much!! It is definitely worth the money, so get it as soon as possible. If you don't believe me rent it first and then you'll be running to the nearest game store!!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 02/19/05