A feature from PEOWW about Konami's ISS/Pro Evo games and how the once-dominant series has gone from gaming nirvana to tedious irrelevance.
This Is My Joystick NEW Celebrity Games Columnist OJ Borg Laments The Death Of The PS2.
The power of the PS2 was the social aspect; that dragged Gamers in. Nowadays we don’t need to see, smell or entertain our friends as we have Xbox Live and the shabby PS3 online thing, but back then, we used to have to be in the same room to play these games. This wasn’t a new thing, but the games just made it all-encompassing.
Games like Tekken Tag Tournament were great for a night of lazy boozing and gaming. Track and Field with a Multi-Tap was where we would give different names to the competition, depending on who was there (“AAA” if it was the poorer player’s, right up to an Olympics once every four weeks). We even had a little drugs scandal, when we decided to ban the use of socks on fingers to help mash the buttons.
The PS2 was a once in a lifetime machine, but honestly I hadn't seen a new one available here in the states in almost 5 years. The news that they have ceased production worldwide is basically symbolic.
WENB writes: "What Konami are doing however is asking the question on their facebook page as to which classic Konami title from the past gamers would like to see on both PSN or XBLA. I figured that with so many saying they would love a remaster of a PES5..."
... which is still their best PES game. Brilliant game. I remember scoring screamers from free-kicks with PSV's Alex. He has such a hard shot. :)
As a Chelsea fan who's had the honour of sitting directly in line with a couple of real life Alex free kick blasts I can concur that Konami did , indeed, get that part of his career bang on in PES5! If anything the bugger hit's em even harder these days!
... and is a great defender as well. One of the best there ever played in the Dutch Eredivisie, but sadly he isn't getting as much playing time at Chelsea. Would have been nice if Hiddink would have joined Chelsea :)
I'm surprised one of the other clubs haven't made a move for him (Alex) yet.
Shadowlocked - It's a rare event, but every once in a while a videogame gives us a character that, whether immediately or over time, we come to loathe. But just who are the worst offenders?...
50 cent need to stick to music bc video games isn't his best genre
I would rather kick bowser b4 princess preach, my god its the same thing with that guy. Always taking some1 else's woman but can't find his own....w8 where them children of his come from. I know bowser can't asexual(basically mean have kids without the need of another person) reproduce. There are more annoying character the Sonic series than tails. Scotty's finishing move, "The Worm" lol I remember that.
the thing is with scotty, and the worm, yeah the move, when you look at it objectively, is ridiculous, but what it did have was that the crowds at the shows absolutely loved it.
and you know why? audience participation, that's why he kept that ridiculous move for so long.
when you watch it on tv or in a game, then it is just kinda ridiculous, but tfor the live crowd, it's their chance to be involved.
i'd vote for kratos, seriously, the most one note character in all of gaming, maybe a close second to gordon freeman.
of course i'd have to run away very fast afterwards because that guy's a frikkin psycho.
I fully agree on that 50 cent guy being No1. I can't stand that guy, sorry. Neither in agame nor in reality. :(
Pro Evo made the mistake of perfecting gameplay early in the series.
The reason it hasn't advanced is because it is already a great game of football.
On the other hand, FIFA improves every year because it was absolutely terrible to begin with.
rented fifa 09 and after one week i was absolutely happy that i only rented it.
Both games have there flaws and perks.
FIFA was very very polished and pretty, but after scoring the same exact goal over and over and over and over again i was bored. QUICK
Havent played enough of PES 09 to say for sure how good it is so i will just say FIFA 09 wasnt all that...
FIFA 09 #1
"If anyone interested in honest and clear reviews about PES and even FIFA should read it from www.pesgaming.com"
yeah that'll be honest and unbiased won't it.
it's you, the fanboys, that are to blame. Instead of saying 'OMG BEST GAME EVER' each year you should be saying 'yeah, now add this'. But you don't want to hurt Seabass' feelings.