PES2008 PS3 Review
I am a big football/soccer fan. So, as a Brazilian and long date gamer I have been playing soccer videogames since the old times at Atari.
Talking about the PES series, the 2008 game it is not the biggest goal. Sometimes the game feels that you have a PS3 to play PS2 games. The graphics are not good enough for the next gen and the user interface is miles away from FIFA 08.
Lack of official clubs licenses was never a problem for PES fans. In fact, the best part of the game is to customize players and teams. Konami shall improve the player creating using the PS Eye for 2009 version.
The control and pace are similar from the previous versions. It is frenetic! Despite the fact that some players look and move like robots you have full control.
Finally, the online play feature. Konami should really look at it. It is almost impossible to play online. Lag is a constant. Let’s wait for a new patch.
Every single year I get my copies of FIFA and PES. This year I spend 80% of the soccer game time with FIFA. If your budget for soccer games is $60, you should get FIFA 08.
PES 2008 Fact Sheet and comparison with FIFA 08.
Graphics
OK. Sometimes players seem like robots. Some faces look better than FIFA 08 with the close ups. Both games have frame rates slowdown, but are more frequent in PES2008.
Sound
PES presents some licensed music, but it is far from FIFA’s selection. The in game effects are good, but FIFA 08 did a great job capturing sound effects and cheering in loco.
Controls
PES 2008 keeps its antecessors tradition, what is good! FIFA 08 is starting to feel that you are playing PES in slow motion.
The epic fight between the two soccer giants Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA has been going on for over 10 years now. Cynamite takes a look at the scores from both games and shows, at which point PES overtook the FIFA series.
PS1/PS2 - PES by far
360/PS3 - FIFA by far
I can't see that changing until the next generation of consoles.
2000 - 2005 -> PES dominated since the PS1 days but then it came PES 2006 it was a major letdown
2006 - NOW -> Fifa started to show its quality on this current gen and it evolved year after year while PES was still way behind.
A shame that games like "This is football" just vanished during the PS2 days
pes2011 is much different from any next gen pes, this is really a huge improvement
Its funny to read or talk to the FIFA fanboy they cant accept the true and hate PES.
If you go to the FIFA forums they talk Bs. About pes and they hate it.
In the Pes forums they respect Fifa and many will be getting the two and we aré confidente that PES11 is better and the kind is back
Boomtown writes: "No rivalry in the world of gaming is fiercer than the one between competing football franchises. It almost mirrors the strength of feeling people have for their club. Crossing the divide to support another franchise is a relatively rare occurrence. There are two major derby matches in the football gaming calendar and they feature a bitter enmity which has built up over the last few years. The first is Pro Evolution versus FIFA and the second is Championship Manager versus Football Manager."
NoobTalk writes: Well I must say that if the game was called "Noob Evolution Soccer" it would have been way better for us, but, sadly, it ain't.