International Superstar Soccer Pro Evolution (PS)

Introduction: Konami's International Superstar Soccer (ISS) series has had a passionate following for many years; with its first incarnation dating (I think) as far back as the late 80's on the timeless Super Nintendo Entertainment System. With the arrival of the Sony Playstation (as well as other newer systems) the series was able to develop immensely, but the blossoming of ISS Pro Evolution (released in 1999) made gaming history. The refinements made to the game engine resulted in a football experience so realistic, so complex and so heavenly satisfying that the results were spellbinding. The game became a global sensation and, in many people's ...  Read the complete review

What's possibly worse than me writing an opinion in the Shopping category? Easy: me writing an opinion in the Games category. Actually, no. In the light of recent - and possibly forthcoming events, I'm not going to mess around so much with this, not apply my usual light-hearted tone to this, but simply just get on with it and hopefully provide an informative, helpful opinion for anybody remotely interested at the moment. Thanks. The Playstation, Sony's now secondary games console has already had a great relationship with games in the sporting genre. Whether it be football, basketball, boxing, tennis et al, the revolutionary 32-Bit machine proved it ...  Read the complete review

This is my first go at reviewing a game, so any comments on layout would be very welcome. Okay, ISS Pro: Evolution is a football game. I’m assuming most people know what football entails, and this isn’t exactly a radical departure, so that’ll do for the basics. Now, onto the burning question – is it any good? There’s two answers to the said question. The short one is, God, yes!!! For the long one, read the five sections below. PRESENTATION Okay, this is where ISS games traditionally fall down to EA’s FIFA series, and this is no exception. Rather than the FIFA presenter’s lineup of John ...  Read the complete review

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It is one of the sad facts of life that the majority of gamers pen their footy game hopes on the tiresome and painfully immortal FIFA series, which seems to get more and more technical and less and less fun with every month's latest edition. When inexperienced gamers are first dragged away from the speed burst button on their latest FIFA game and first introduced to the wonders of Konami's ISS games, they cannot help themselves but complain that the play is too slow and the game does not even boast real player names. But what exactly should a true football fan look for in a simulation of the great game? Certainly not the surname of Strathclyde's ...  Read the complete review