Street Hoops Basketball PS2 Review

Street Hoops basketball for Playstation 2 and Xbox - made by Activision.

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Activision, the guys behind Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer, are game kings. They've made a ton of sweet games for Playstation, PS2, Gamecube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, PC and Xbox. Their latest is Street Hoops for the PS2 and Xbox.

Street Hoops tries to take all the style, attitude and coolness of street ball and pack it into something you can take home. It's loaded with cool tunes from Cypress Hill, Xzbit and others, as well as having LA DJ, Big Boy, makin' the calls from the sidelines. Street Hoops even lets you customize your player's look from their sneakers all the way to their hairstyle.

Street Hoops for Playstation 2 and Xbox let's you totally customize your player.

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Street Hoops has some coolness to it - there are some good tunes, it's a blast to customize your character and the game has a ton of style. Just don't expect a serious basketball challenge.

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Are The Controls Hard To Learn?
No way. You'll be able to play it with your toes in 20 minutes or less.

How Hard is the Game?
Street Hoops is pretty darn easy.

Age Rating: Teen.

Thumbs Up:

Cool street tunes.

Custom style - make your player look the way you want.

Thumbs Down:

Needs less style, more basketball.

Ho-hum graphics.

The computer is an easy opponent.

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