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Computer Game Reviews - Sony Playstation / PS 2 - Konami iss pro evolution 2
Expertly reviewed by Whetto
From UK on 28th Oct 2002
Ratings
Value for money 0/10
Overall rating 1/10
Good Points:
More Stadiums, edit facility
Bad Points:
Everthing else
General Comments:
Firstly...the game play. I think different rather than improved. They have sorted out some of the old bugs but surprisingly they've introduced a whole load of new ones. In some instances you still overrun and stand still and perhaps most annoyingly the players simply stop runnning or change man unexpectedly. Scoring is harder but more formulaic, already I found at least three places in and around the box that if you shoot from it will go in ...everytime. There is less invention, far less opportunity for flowing moves and crossing is too ineffective.
Tackling has been made virtually impossible, sure if you stand in front of the man there is a good chance you'll win the ball but press slide tackle and you are asking for trouble.(foul almost everytime) Press block tackle and your man will stop still while your opponent runs off in the opposite direction.???
Secondly...options. Rather than improve or change the options menus, they've just made more of them, still poor looking graphics and music. In fact the schedule information is far worse than the old version.
Finally and this is the worst of all, in Pro Evo 1 some teams were given stupid names (no doubt due to licensing) like Arsenal being called London or Juventus being called Piemonte. Well they've added a load of new teams on this one and guess what....they've all got stupid names. So Aston Villa are bizarrely called Dublin, Parma are called Marche and Liverpool are called...wait for it Eurosport????? In itself this is not so bad as Konomi have added a much greater ability to edit the game(the only good thing in this version) so you can change team names to what they should be. But the new in game commentry (average at best) keeps calling the teams by their stupid names. It drives you mad.
Also as with the old game alot of players have similar names that you can change, like Facu and Larcos. This is no big deal but the dutch players are called names like Oranges 012 and so on and to add insult to injury it's out of date. Example, Marco Di Vio who moved from Parma to Juventus in the summer is still at Parma and so on. That's just poor.
In summary then, Pro Evo 2 is a huge, huge let down. Especially as we were all really looking forward to this new version and as the last game, with all it's faults, was brilliant we imagined that Konomi would simply improve. Alas after 2 days hard playing I have to say it's a step backwards. It feels unfinished and rushed, not tested properly and apart from the edit facility and the additional stadiums it isn't a patch on game one. I hate to say it boys but I'm going back to FIFA, yes it's that bad.
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Computer Game Reviews - Sony Playstation / PS 2 - Konami iss pro evolution 2
Review by Trevman Superstar
From Stoke-On-Trent on 25th Oct 2002
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http://www.ptv.sundayleague.com
Ratings
Value for money 0/10
Overall rating 0/10
Good Points:
None really. Maybe the graphics or the Master league.
Bad Points:
EVERYTHING! I hate it!
General Comments:
ISS pro evolution 2 from Konami (for the Sony Playstation 2) has got to be one of the worst footy games ever. I also tried This is Football 2003 and that's a lot better. The passing of the game is awful and the graphics are appalling. I have to say that this game is one not to buy. Definitely TRASH not Flash.
