Bought every ISS/Pro Evo since about 1998 N64, PS1,PS2 and now this final offering is the most disappointing.
The gameplay (when not slowed down) is still decent, although the introduction of the automatic sidestep is quite frankly a backward step, i think it was last seen in Pro Evo 4. Also i must agree with Mr Cocker that the diving is very poorly implemented, i can just see many multiplayer games being ruined by someone diving all the time because they are 3-0 down with 10mins to go. The way you can dive whenever in position is terrible much like in the old Fifa games circa 1998/99. It was better used in ISS 2000 on the N64, when you could only dive when in a stumble or after making contact. This however just insults my intelligence and as a game mechanic is nothing sort of a shambles. Once again Guy had it spot on saying that waiting for the ref to blow his whistle at free-kicks is ridiculous and feels like its just wasting your life.
The replays are terrible as in presentation across the board, the entrance scene is jerky and was turned off immediately and the menus (and accompanying soundtrack) are bad enough that if you actually use them for long enough you do actually catch a terminal illness.
Can't really add much more except that i played it on the friday i got it and now (6 days later) i have only loaded up the game once more since. Such a shame as people are gonna flock back to Fifa, which i think isn't much better anyways. But at least you can play as Arsenal or Manchester United.
Next year Konami will have to try harder, much harder, because they will need to win over their own fans like me back because for the first time i feel that the i've been lured into a buying a product that is incomplete under the name of a game which is usually a game i play for several hundred hours until the next one comes out.
James (If i was such a strong man i'd be crying right now) Glover