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Today I got my annual copy of pro evolution 2008 and when I got home and started playing to my total and utter amazement....... It was completely rubbish.

I have always been a a firm PES over Fifa fan and this has rung true for years, but this year PES is a complete shamble. Forget the new looking graphics and menus, they are just there to distract you from how the gameplay has taken a GIANT, and i mean GIANT step backwards.

The goalkeepers either make a fantastic save or spill the ball into their own net. I took a free kick straight at the keeper, with barely any power and he just fell over as if shot by a sniper, right before the ball reached him. Not only that but I have yet to win a header from a corner, I mean Defoe, out jumped John Terry.... flipping Defoe, he is a midget! The opposition disposses you at will while you can run along side them all day without winning the ball back. Your players turn like oil tankers, whilst the AI goes all Ronaldihno on your a$$. I'm sorry but something feels VERY wrong this year, it actually makes me wanne go back and play PES 6 :sick:.

But alas I am saved, unlike Konami who have done nothing but make their own game worse, EA have actually come through on Fifa 08 :eek:! Not the PC version mind you, as it is the PS2 port with no trick stick and such, but Xbox 360 version is incredible. They have added so many features:

Dynamic trick mode (Can do ANYTHING with the ball if you got the skills)
Be a pro mode (Play as 1 player on the team in one position, really great, kind of like Madden games.)
A half decent manager mode, I mean you get to use MONEY not CREDITS to buy players and pay wages.
And much more authentic gameplay, it is slow build-up like real life, none of this give it to Cristiano Ronaldo and run through whole team using only change lane move.

So there is my review, PES fanboi's will never give in, thats what I thought till I played this years garbage, don't waste the cash, if you hate fifa rather update your PES 6 option file with the new teams and kits and save yourself a couple of hundred bucks. As for me, I'm off to return this piece of Cr@p and get myself a copy of Fifa 08 for xbox 360. :D

PS. I rented Fifa 08 for a week, thats how I know its better, I didn't just play the demo.

PPS. DO NOT BUY Fifa 08 on PC, it is the PS2 port not the nexgen console port, its EXACTLY like fifa 07. Rather go find PES 6 for a bargain and update your kits and teams.

PEACE!
 
IMO

Both are cr@p. All these years and they've both gone nowhere really.
 
/me is very sad with PES :(

/me plays fifa while crying in shame
 
Can't actually wait for the new fifa street to come out, really fun , but only for awhile, get old fast. Thanks god for football manager 2008! (Which is also kinda disappointing but it is an improvement).

PS. Oh yeah, and SI games actually sort out their mistakes through patches. I patched PES 2008 with V 1.1 and 1.2 AND......... nothing. Its still laggy, the keepers are still trying their best Paul Robinson impersonations, the ball still rebounds off players with 200x the velocity it hit them with...... arg, I even read Seabass (the PES creator) admitting to f*cking it up, he says the company wasn't ready for release on all consoles, and the next PES will only come out in 2009! :eek:. So we gotta wait till more than half-way through next season to even play it, mind you they don't have the licenses anywayz, relying on the community to fix their defiencies. :mad:

I'm a sad sad Panda :(
 
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Can't actually wait for the new fifa street to come out, really fun , but only for awhile, get old fast. Thanks god for football manager 2008! (Which is also kinda disappointing but it is an improvement).

PS. Oh yeah, and SI games actually sort out their mistakes through patches. I patched PES 2008 with V 1.1 and 1.2 AND......... nothing. Its still laggy, the keepers are still trying their best Paul Robinson impersonations, the ball still rebounds off players with 200x the velocity it hit them with...... arg, I even read Seabass (the PES creator) admitting to f*cking it up, he says the company wasn't ready for release on all consoles, and the next PES will only come out in 2009! :eek:. So we gotta wait till more than half-way through next season to even play it, mind you they don't have the licenses anywayz, relying on the community to fix their defiencies. :mad:

I'm a sad sad Panda :(
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They do have the licenses they just don't have the epl teams licenses they have most of the other teams.

But I agree this years pes has been a disaster still better than the crap ea gave us pc gamers but still very poor.

I know things was bad the moment I tried to adjust the settings and the game told me I don't meet the minimum requirements while the pc meets way more than the requirements plus added to this the game doesn't support 1680x1050 by default while pes 6 did.

Thankful all of those technical issues were fixed by installing kitserver still doesn't help make the game decent but at least I don't have to put up with the other crap.
 
The problem with the licenses and such is that it leads to the game having no substance or longevity. I would have loved to try bring leeds back up into the Premiership from League One with a group of youngsters i've nurtured but alas, I get to be promoted along with Helsingborg and Anderlecht into the ENGLISH premier league.

The only good thing is the face insert feature which is nice, but its more of a gimmick than anything else. So ladies and gentlemen the message is loud and clear, sporting games are moving to be virtually console only, just see how hard it is to find an option file from the PC version as opposed to PS3 and Xbox 360. Trust me i'd love nothing more than for Konami and EA to prove me wrong.... but I doubt they will.
 
b_boy69sa u on drugs..

PES 2008 is a legend game.Its an improvement on all aspects (Graphics , sound , gameplay ).Maybe u need to tweak the graphics , and play it for a while.Believe me you will get the hang of it.Tried going back to PES 06 with the Patches and all.The 2 games dont compare.Only **** thing is the online play.Maybe download the PES 2008 patch.That fixes speed issues.
 
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