Ubisoft's Football Entry

You know in cartoons when someone is frozen or told to stop and does so suddenly and is left sorta teetering in the position they stopped and they look like there is a sort of tension of they stand on the brink of either going off to one end or the other? no? well I can't think of any examples of this to link to but I'm sure you have a vague idea of what I'm talking about.

Anyway that's the feeling I got upon seeing this article on Kotaku today which talked about a possible new FIFA street style arcade game from Ubisoft which promises to deliver the greatness of soccer without the pretentiousness of the actual FIFA's and Pro Evo Soccers. For you see it looks like a great idea, a great concept (like FIFA Street 2) but could also be complete horrible wreck (like FIFA Street 3).

I'm on the fence on this and of course it'll all depend on how the game actually plays. Let us count the ways in which I am now judging this entire game (which might or might not come out) just based on a few screencaps.

-The art style is great, like the Madden games for the Wii or, more appropriately, the FIFA Street games instead of focusing on realistic models they go with uber deformed models whose muscles are exagerated, lankiness is extremized and so on.

-Some licensing! Hey look its Messi! Gatusso! Puyol! Puyol's glorious hair! and they're wearing official Adidas and Puma gear! here's the thing, Pro Evo: if you're ever gonna be taken seriously (by me) you need to have actual players and teams. Its very important. This game has started off on the right foot.

-Whoa Whoa Whoa....is that Alexis Lalas and Coby Jones? what is this game set in the early to mid 1990's when these guys were still relevant? I mean even if you're gonna throw in some legends (like FIFA Street did) are these two actually legends?

-It's five on five. Look I'll be honest, I may be a hardcore badass hooligan but playing a soccer game can get kinda boring. Shit watching a soccer game can get kinda dull too, this should help ease that. Throw in a good soundtrack, maybe some NBA Jam shit and you should have a winner.

But then again can we really judge this thing on five or six screenshots? nah not yet, especially since it might be rushed to cash in on the World Cup, maybe when we get a Youtube video we'll be able to see what's up with this.