Product Description

Take to the streets, defend your homecourt, and showcase every move in your arsenal on your way to becoming a hometown legend in NBA Street Homecourt. Use an all-new ball control system to blow past defenders or rattle the rim with high-flying Jump-Off dunks as you defend your homecourt against the best the NBA has to offer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4481 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2008-06-04
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Features

• All-new ball control system - Create tricks on the fly as you control your player’s tempo, rhythm, and ball-handling skills and string together the perfect blend of passes, shots, and awe-inspiring moves
• Put your stamp on a game during momentum-swinging Gamebreaker moments — or watch your lead slip away as your rival steals away the golden opportunity
• Create a baller, improve his game and dominate rivals as you strive to put your court on the map
• Earn the right to challenge NBA stars like Carmelo Anthony and Rip Hamilton, on their real-life homecourts
• Blend the attributes of your favorite NBA icons to create the ultimate street baller

Editorial Reviews

Take to the streets, defend your homecourt, and showcase every move in your arsenal on your way to becoming a hometown legend in NBA Street Homecourt. Use an all-new ball control system to blow past defenders or rattle the rim with high-flying Jump-Off dunks as you defend your homecourt against the best the NBA has to offer. With new Gamebreaker battles and the revolutionary Trick Remixer that allows you to shake, juke, and leap past anyone foolish enough to get in your way, your legendary status awaits you in NBA Street Homecourt.

Customer Reviews

I really enjoyed this game!
I dont know why so many people have been hating on this game. I think it was a great first NBA Street game to hit the next gen systems. I dont think any NBA Street will be as good as Vol. 2 but, this game still has a lot to offer. In High Def it looks awesome, and although almost all of the tricks and dunks are totally impossible to do in real life, it is still really really fun! Plus now that the price is dropped its not hard to find this game for under 20 bux.. definately worth it!

The Franchise Has Regressed
I am huge fan of the NBA Street franchise. I played both the first and second ones completely through with numerous fully maxed created ballers. I did not play the third one. I can not understand why EA would take out the best features of the second one. The create-a-baller options are now templates you get to choose from (i.e. you choose guard then choose between a player skillset to replicate - Kobe, Vince Carter, AI) - you can’t allocate points to skills, you can’t choose the size/weight/height/speed of your player, you can’t design your own face - you choose from like 20 options. Considering I like speedy guards who can dunk like an Andre Iguodala, have crazy handles but don’t like to pass since I’m a ball hog, shoot threes all day if needed, and block shots like the best - tell me who does this? Or maybe I want a big man who has handles like Magic but power like Shaq. Horrible. The gamebreakers are slightly better as they leave you the ability to get up to 6 points, but the greedier you get the higher the possibility you get nothing as the opponent may steal it as you trick up the points. The shooting engine is too easy on this game, get a baller above 70 on shooting and he hits almost every three he shoots. The second one you would still be a more NBA lifelike 40-50% shooter from beyond the arc even at 100%. I’m not asking for that necessarily, but maybe only a 60-70% would be reasonable. Next up is, unlike the second one, you can’t carry a team of 5 players and pick 3 to play against your opponent. It was always fun going big or small, or playing matchups. You choose 3, and if you want another player, you have to dump one and very likely not get him back. Lastly, one of the best parts of NBA Street 2 was the old school players. Jordan ‘86 and Jordan ‘93, Russell, Chamberlain, Earl Monroe, etc. I understand they can’t put all the greats, but maybe a handful that could be unlocked like a Jordan, or other recent retired greats like Barkley, Magic, Bird, would have made up for this deficiency. If you are a first time NBA Street buyer and don’t mind the out of date stats and player teams, I would suggest you get NBA Street 2, or rent NBA Street 3 and see if it’s any good. But avoid this one. It’s more refined then NBA Street 1, but considering that 1 came out of nowhere and put the franchise on the map over six years ago, I would rate 1 higher. The only positive for this entire game over the whole franchise are the double dunks - that’s it. And this can barely offset the fact you can’t choose your own dunks like in the second one. Your dunks are dictated to you by the position of your player. So, in ending, if waited this long to get this game, wait another year and get the next NBA Street. EA can only go up (I hope).