International Superstar Soccer 2000

"Always the best"

The story is always the same, ISS destroys all other soccer games! The gameplay has not changed a lot, it's a bit slower (and that is good) and the goalkeepers don't block the ball all the time. We have the same tournaments (international cup, world league) and options (scenarios, Penalty kicks, training and friendly). But now we have also Euro Cup and a mini friendly league with 4, 6 or 8 teams. The great improvement is the Career option, you can create a player, select a team and then grow him as a player. You have to train, talk with other teammates, managers and also some very cute girls :-p You must keep your motivation but also make your life outside the training camp, going out to the park or in the city, maybe with your girlfriend or your teammates. After you had grown in 3 years you can play in the National Team...or maybe not!
We have a lot of new teams, all teams from Europe (from France and Germany to Albania, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg) and others from the other continents (New Zealand, Thailand, Nepal, Cuba, Honduras etc.).
But Konami doesn't know much about the new teams, for example the crappy Albania, Liechtenstein, Far Oer, Kuwait and Bosnia in the game are good teams, even stronger than the good experienced Belgium or Switzerland!! San Marino has never won a match in his history (should be the worst team in the game), but in the game is a respectable team!!
This time we can also edit an existing player in the game, so if Ronaldo is too strong for you, you can edit him and make him a crappy player :-)
Graphic is ok, if you have the expansion pak, you can play in hi-res mode, but it's a shame! It's slow and smooth like a MSX game. Sound is ok, very good musics. Gameplay is outstanding.
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Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/06/00, Updated 11/06/00