I recently purchased FIFA 2000 for my PlayStation, eagerly took it home, dropped it in and suffered a huge disappointment.

As far as I could see, FIFA 2000 is a huge step backward. The graphics were not significantly improved, and they took away or ruined several of the best aspects of FIFA 99.

For example, the new Player Edit feature makes the entire idea of having player attributes ridiculous. In FIFA 99, there was a limit on how "good" you could make a player. Each player had a fixed number of total points that could be distributed across various skills. So certain players were just better than others, just like in real life. Rivaldo is a more talented player than a bench warmer for the MetroStars. But in FIFA 2000, there is no limit. Every player can be maximized in every category. So that MetroStars benchwarmer is the equal of international superstars. Come on!

Also, because of the player edit feature, why bother searching out new players. Just crank you current roster up and forget about it. This kills the transfers feature, which was another fun aspect of FIFA 99.

As for the graphics and gameplay, theres a lot left to be desired here:

1) The players look even less like who they're supposed to be and the goal celebrations are so stupid I can't even look at them. Rivaldo, for example, is depicted as a white guy with medium length hair! How pathetic!

2) Using the new pass arrow makes the game a game of pong. Passes that are green are just as likely to make it as passes that are red and vice versa. The only way to make sure that a pass makes it there is to actually SEE the player you're passing to. And have the time, the players pass so half-heartedly the ball hardly goes anywhere at all.

3) There is much less control for the player in almost every aspect of the game. I really enjoyed FIFA 99 for all of the options it gave and expected FIFA 200 only to increase them. Oops.

Well, there more, but that enough. All I can say is I'm going to think twice about buying FIFA 2001 or any other EA soccer game. Also, I know that the reviews are completely useless, since everybody who has reviewed FIFA 2000 gave it raves. They're wrong. If you haven't bought it yet, don't waste your money.

Carlos teken, I agree with you.I too was expecting that EA would increse their options.If you have played fifa 98 rtwc it has more options than fifa 99 and fifa 99 has more options than fifa 2000 oh my God !!! Im starting to see a trend here if EA keeps this up we are going to end up with the atari game "PONG". This is like a bad episode of the twilight zone....

The unlimited player values are the best and here is why. In FIFA 99 Andrii Schevchenko was rated 3s and 2 on everything and he is one of the best players in the world if not the best! So if you want to play with him, too bad! In FIFA 2000 it is well documented that a lot of players are missing, lets say Rivaldo was missing, I know he isn't but lets say he was, in FIFA 99 you would have to edit a player to his name and the right look but wait, he is a bench warmer for the MetroStars, he is rated with 2s and 3s so no Rivaldo for anyone. In FIFA 2000, you can do all the same but change his skills to 6s and 7s where they belong as one of the best players in the world. Don't change your own crap players to all 7s because you want a good realistic game, but knowing you can use all the points is what will make the game playable when a new player who is not featured comes along and you need those points. FIFA 2000 is a peice of crap on PSX, I also own it and they score on all their free kicks and corners and it's only on Proffesional, what's up with that?

If the players are missing or their stats are not accurate it's because EA is not doing their job...Why should i waste my time customising players that they didnt do right those bastards they rather spend their time adding credits and cyberathleat 2000 promos to the game and lets not forget those stupid EA1,EA,2 ect teams i bet nobody plays against them who the f@ck are they kidding waste my time F'ING programers the only improvements they made for fifa 2001 are shielding and blocking and consecutive season mode i piss on EA ................. .

[This message has been edited by Edoardo (edited 11-13-1999).]

What if the player is not even with the team and it doesn't matter if EA did their work or not. In a year there is going to be atleast one player who was not in top flight football when the game was made, maybe in someone's youth system who will come up and light it up but would not have been included.