FreeStyle Street Basketball is a 3D Basketball massively multiplayer online game. Gameplay is fast paced and smooth. Even if you aren’t a Basketball fan, FreeStyle has a simple and fun gameplay. It’s featured by three positions, numerous courts and customized options.
The game premise is to create a ‘baller’ and improve his or her attributes through purchasing training, skills, and freestyles, and by wearing a variety of clothing, showing off a wild haircut or fancy tattoo. There’s no monthly fee, but you can spend money to buy certain upgrades. You can select your baller’s sex, skin color, body type, and shirt. Your player’s weight is assigned based upon his or her height and position. There aren’t a lot of options for your player’s basic look, but you can purchase changes. The items for purchase include shirts, shorts, shoes, accessories (wrist bands, earrings, etc.), haircuts, and tattoos. Other items are only available when you reach a certain level. However, with a little bit of in-game cash outlay (points and bills), it’s easy to create an unique-looking player with unique attributes.
For a street ball game, the moves that you can execute early on are very simple and bland. Other common street moves, like a spin dribble or a dribble between the legs, aren’t even available until you’ve attained a certain level – usually higher than level 10. Player attributes definitely affect the gameplay, and players with higher skills are readily apparent. Your movement, position on the court, and proximity of the defense impact shooting percentages. The arrow keys control player movement while the WASD keys control shooting, stealing, rebounding/shot blocking, passing, and other basic moves. Many moves require a combination of both sets of keys. There are lots of random opponents, with many different looks, attributes, and playing styles.
The graphics of this game are cartoon-like. The courts look pretty good. The audio is limited to some generic hip-hop beats and trash-talking chatter that you’d hear at the local playground.