I’ll be straight with you, I hate basketball and when this game arrived one Monday morning, there was no queue to review it. But because I’m the model professional (i.e. good made to do it) I had a quick play and still wasn’t impressed. Don’t take this as me saying the game is shit, because it’s not, far from it, it’s just shit for me because I think basketball is shit. You still with me?

Thought so.

How about I just tell you everything I know about the features of the game etc etc and save my opinions to myself. Well…

NBA Street Homecourt has added the Trick Remixer to its list of improved features. This enables you to do everything from a simple cross-over to an off-da-heazy, and a Gamebreaker meter instead of canned super-dunks. It’s fair to say that this game brings a new level of organic gameplay to the arcade sports genre.

Throw in outstanding graphics, a solid soundtrack and a decent career mode, and NBA Street Homecourt is the next-generation arcade sports game you have been waiting for. That’s because other arcade sports games have left us wanting a lot more over the years, most start with a bang but fizzle out at the end unfortunately.

Very few titles have been able to overcome that, with the notable exception of FIFA Street 2, a title that, despite its other flaws, featured a new organic gameplay style, a do-it-yourself gamebreaker and a decent career mode. Not coincidentally, many of the same producers that brought you FIFA Street 2 are also on Homecourt.

Anyways I hope you have more fun playing it than I did, it’s a great game wasted on me unfortunately but if you love basketball, sport, or basically quality games then there’s no reason why this shouldn’t be in your pile of games come tomorrow.

James Henderson

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