| Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3) | 
| From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  219 reviews
Sales Rank: 153
Platform: Playstation 3
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PES8PS3
EAN: 4012927050293
ASIN: B000Q310LO
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New - SAMEDAY DESPATCH - Insured Delivery and 12 months Warranty
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Product Description
With the Pro Evolution Soccer series renowned for its fluid, realistic gameplay, the new game builds on the implementation of Teamvision with additional key advances. As with previous releases since its inception in 1996, the ball is again treated as a separate entity, with the timing of shots entirely down to the player, while the new AI ensures that defenders work to close down space and block efforts on goal. Similarly, distribution of passes works along the same lines, with players using the space available to them to switch the ball. Close control has also been enhanced with more control when dribbling the ball, and a number of subtle moves added to bypass defenders and move the ball into space.
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 I see no evolution... May 12, 2008
Red Kremlin
I've owned every single ISS & Pro all the way back to the days of the SNES and I can safely say this is easily the worst yet. If you are a long-term fan of the series you will be disappointed.
Simple things like saving your current Master League team are gone, so if you and your mate liked a duel between your ML teams it aint gonna happen this year. The strip selection screen before every match is gone so colour clashes can easily occur. Lots of little things are gone which will disappoint you soon after switching it on, including the awful new menu and it's music. The commentry is also (again) shocking as is the entire soundtrack, the music is so bad it's not even funny...I reccommend the mute button.
Ok on to the actual gameplay - it's not bad...but er it's not great either. The main thing for me is it's just not as fun as it used to be. Personally I find this to be the easiest Pro yet, reguarlly beating the computer 8-0, I've gone 3 seasons witout losing and frankly I'm bored of the ML already. Bored after 3 seasons, first time I could ever say that about the ML. It wont stop you from playing against friends though and 2v2 is still good fun. Dribbling it around players requires no skill whatsoever and add that to the extremely dodgy keepers, scoring isn't exactly difficult once you've mastered the new shooting system.
The 2 player free kick only appears something like 30m from your opponents goal which can be very irritating when you want it just inside the opponents half, press X and it goes to the opposition, press O and it's pot luck. Irritating indeed. The referees now dish out straight reds for challenges from behind (and rightly so) but their inconsistency and bizzare decisions will leave you feeling cheated and frustrated.
Graphics wise, they certainly could've been better but they look ok, just what we've come to expect on the PS3 really, but oh dear..the cut scenes and replays are ridiculously bad, bad camera angles, flickery & laggy footage, just crap really. So bad it makes them unwatchable and you wont be quick in skipping them.
The edit mode for me made up 50% of previous Pro Evo games, with a limited licence it was an important feature. This edit mode is a complete waste of time, you can't add your own badges, create your own logos, no boot editor etc etc. This year Konami have decided to make the EyeToy compatible with it so you can take photos of logos and stuff...but there's only 8 slots to save them!! And they look awful, it's very difficult to make your photos look any good on the strips.
The less said about the abysmal online mode the better, you thought PES6 online was bad? Well thats 10 times better than this one and I'm not joking, PES 2008 online is unfinished, full of bugs and totally unplayable.
With no proper online mode, no proper edit mode, no real challenge from the computer and a lot less features than PES6 you'll soon realise it's still better than FIFA but Pro has certainly not Evolved. Avoid this game.
Nothing much to say May 8, 2008
Papa (united kingdom)
Most major improvements was player roaster..nothing else...all wonder goals gone, long distance goals are gone. Hope they get it right next time.
People like me still buy pro evo because I'm a fan for ever. Fifa can rot away for all i care. Pro evolution is still technical and fun to play regardless...very realistic. We'll get it right next time
 What the hel April 19, 2008
D. Thompson (UK)
Ive always chosen pro evo over fifa. But this year no chance! this game is a disgrace!
This year, I'm afraid to say, is Fifa 2008! April 4, 2008
Mr. Cj Jothi (London, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been a long time fan of the PES series, and so have many other people. The general consensus is that Fifa is simpler, with cartoon like playability but with the official club names and graphics. PES on the other hand was all about the gameplay, being very responsive and only rewarding you with a goal if you actually earnt it. If anything, the official names etc were almost irrelevant because all that mattered was the actual controls.
Well, it's all gone belly up on the PS3!
I have played PES '08 on the XBOX 360, own it on the PS3 AND own Fifa '08 on the PS3. For some reason Konami have really messed up with the PS3 version. Believe the criticisms. It is jerky, the backgrounds are terrible, the grass is crudely rendered and the whole interface is very, very annoying. Online gaming times out many a time and so forth.
Fifa '08 however completely throws my assumptions about the series out the window. The graphics are outstanding, the playability is more realistic than PES. My main gripe with Fifa is there are too many skills to perfect, but maybe that is my inadequacies as a player as opposed to a flaw in the game. Fifa, being an official product, contains up to date squads (which are updated online nearly every other day!) and has a BEAUTIFUL interface where there is constantly updated news from around the world (I knew about Totti being injured for the Man U/Roma Champions League game before even the BBC did!).
Fifa's online options are more advanced than Pro Evo's, with up to 10 people being able to play each other in the same game. PES can't even cope with 1 against 1 and here I am playing with 9 other people across the world!
I also noticed that the ball moves far more realistically in Fifa than in Pro Evo, which is quite a big deal. We all know how a football moves in reality, and that often dictates whether will run for a ball, and sometimes in Pro Evo you run for balls that in reality would be a lost cause but in the digital world is a 50/50. In Fifa, the ball's movement is perfectly captured, so you know how to judge it.
Any way, I ramble. I'm selling Pro Evo. I'm keeping Fifa. Annoying because I have to learn a new set of controls, but I'm man enough to accept the tide has changed this year. Konami better sort out this mess or more people will be changing teams next year!
The reason people stopped buying FIFA..................... March 22, 2008
Gary Johanssen (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I started buying iss on ps1 when fifa done nothing for a few years and didn't try and improve their games. Now its FIFA that are improving each title and PES2008 is pes5 but strangely worse! As for players making good runs they turn around and run back to defend when they are in a good position. Defense is terrible your players go behind the player than hang off his back. You can never select the player you want (FIFA have a system where you flick the analogue stick to the player you want). I ran the field and scored from outside the box with iker cassilas against a fairly good opponent online on the ps3. Basically both FIFA and Pro are not up to the standard that you expect from 40 or there abouts. Konami sort it out as at least EA are trying to improve
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