Street Power Football: PS4 Review

Developed by SFL Interactive

Platform: PS4

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A weird hybrid of soccer and  B Boy dancing, Street Power Football is the strangest, shallowest take on football you'll ever find on a console.

Short matches, bizarre quick time events that help you look "street" and a jumping soundtrack may make Street Power Football the kind of disposable game that seems perfect for a group night in and a growing chance of banter and bravado.

The game's not really traditional football, even if it has elements of it - in truth, the five minute bursts are more interested in how you perform on the field, rather than how or if you win.

If you remember the kind of trick shot videos that are popular with the YouTube generation, then maybe there is something to consider here and to get your teeth into. Largely though, the trick shots take a lot of time to do properly, and mashing buttons during a game won't really cut it remotely.

There are moments when Street Power Football works. 

There's genuine joy to achieving an unexpected trick shot during the game, but that's few and far in between, as a lot of Street Power Football is repetitive, short-lived and a bit lost for its own identity.

Each time you score, there's a weird dancing that takes place that you have little control of, and parts of the characters' anatomies don't quite look right (one female character looks like a the legs of a horse in the calves area).

If you want disposable football that feels like a NBA 2K Playgrounds style game, then maybe Street Power Football is for you.

But to be honest, the lack of replayability and depth is enough to give this one a yellow card.