Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - Official Thread

Anders0n · 21 Oct 2007 at 13:44

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

As the official release date for this is fast approaching, I thought I'd make a proper discussion thread for it. Very big game for me and many others, PES6 is feeling quite dated now and I'm itching to play the full version of 08.

Links

Xbox 360 Achievements List
IGN PS3 Review
IGN 360 Review

ScarySquirrel · 21 Oct 2007 at 13:50

Hopefully mine will be arriving on Thursday. I will also hopefully be attending the PES Industry Cup on Thursday in London which is for people in the gaming/media industry

Can't wait for this

Mr Men · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:03

Yeah hoping mine is here Thursday too, really can't wait it's gonna be awesome

Metalface Mark · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:21

Hoping mine will be here Tuesday.

Paranoid_Robot · 21 Oct 2007 at 14:31

re smoothly with far fewer drops in frame rate, but on the flip side there appears to be a weird distance filter which overlays the pitch, so the grass near the camera looks sharp, halfway up it’s a bit more blurred and in the distance it’s fuzzy. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem but the depth changes are fairly visible – two curved lines arc across the screen - especially on an HD TV, and while it won’t ruin your enjoyment of the game it does look a little odd.

Didn't know the 360 review as out. I believe that's the only part in the review that has changed.

PS3

+ easily update option files
+ better controller for PES

- slowdown

360

+ not as much slowdown
+ xbox live (although it does cost £30 and PSN is catching up)

- has some weird depth of field problem according to IGN

This is really disappointing, both versions have problems. Hopefully they sort out the slowdown later with patches like they did last year with PES6 for 360.

I have mine pre-ordered for £30 online for PS3 as it it's still the best football experience on next gen consoles even though it has its faults. Apparently installing the game to the hard drive on the PS3 does reduce the slowdown according to people who have got the game.

RuMp3l4$k1n · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:21

Need some screenies in here:

Player requests can be arranged if you want to see how accurate they got with them. For those that don't know the demo teams are: Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, France, Spain and Turkey so any players from there is fine atm.

Metalface Mark · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:28

RuMp3l4$k1n said:
Need some screenies in here:

Player requests can be arranged if you want to see how accurate they got with them. For those that don't know the demo teams are: Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, France, Spain and Turkey so any players from there is fine atm.

How do you take your screenies?

londonbairn · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:30

I changed my Xbox 360 pre order for the PS3 one, mainly because of the controller.

RuMp3l4$k1n · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:35

Metalface Mark said:
How do you take your screenies?

Bit of a cheat I'm paping them from the PC version with fraps, hardly any difference at all tbh. Running at 1600x1200 high settings.

ic1male · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:46

Why is the PS3 controller supposed to be better for this game?

roysters · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:47

you guys reckon i should pre-order or do you think id be able to grab a copy o friday morning?

wedgie · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:49

ic1male said:
Why is the PS3 controller supposed to be better for this game?

It's the classic Pro Evo controller (Possibly because most versions have been on a Playstation format).

It does undoubtedly have a better d-pad, which many still use for the fine control. The main developer has been quoted in the past stating that the Dual Shock is the ultimate Pro Evo controller.

I'm certainly more comfortable playing Pro Evo with the PS pad than any other.

Mr Men · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:51

Seabass has said both control pads this time round he does not like and is looking to change the gameplay due to the PS3 pad being rather rubbish. Never had any problem playing the game with a 360 pad as I don't use D-Pad. And since I read the PS3 pad is quite poor for deadzones then can't see it being much good.

wedgie · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:53

Mr Men said:
Seabass has said both control pads this time round he does not like and is looking to change the gameplay due to the PS3 pad being rather rubbish. Never had any problem playing the game with a 360 pad as I don't use D-Pad. And since I read the PS3 pad is quite poor for deadzones then can't see it being much good.

I don't quite understand that.

The only practical difference as far as Pro Evo goes with the Sixaxis is the triggers, which are poor but shouldn't have much bearing on playing Pro Evo.

(This is obviously based on people who use the d-pad, which is the main advantage of using the Sixaxis.)

Metalface Mark · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:55

They just are not as comfortable as the old dual shocks for stuff like pro evo.

wedgie · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:57

Because of the new L2 R2 triggers?

Paranoid_Robot · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:02

The reason it's better is because it doesn't feel awkard to rest your ring fingers on the triggers. Whereas on the 360 version if you put all of your fingers resting on both sets of shoulder buttons it feels weird.

That's why I switched the running to the trigger on the 360 bad because it doesn't feel confortable resting my fingers on the bumpers. I read that if you play on the Konami stadium there is no slowdown on the PS3 version so that's pretty good news

MeAnBoY · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:08

Paranoid_Robot said:
Didn't know the 360 review as out. I believe that's the only part in the review that has changed.

PS3

+ easily update option files
+ better controller for PES

- slowdown

360

+ not as much slowdown
+ xbox live (although it does cost £30 and PSN is catching up)

- has some weird depth of field problem according to IGN

This is really disappointing, both versions have problems. Hopefully they sort out the slowdown later with patches like they did last year with PES6 for 360.

I have mine pre-ordered for £30 online for PS3 as it it's still the best football experience on next gen consoles even though it has its faults. Apparently installing the game to the hard drive on the PS3 does reduce the slowdown according to people who have got the game.

Hey man is that an order from a certain canadian website or a uk based one?

Also people going on about which controller, it's purely down to personal preference. I used to play the majority of my football games on a playstation pad which i used the d-pad. I then switched to xbox for pro evo 5 and used the sticks, then onto the 360. Just a matter of which controller your most used to.

wedgie · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:08

The only issue I ever had with the 360 pad was being forced to use the analogue stick, although I did get used to it.

That said, if I was buying Pro Evo 2008 it would be the PS3 version, purely for the d-pad.

Paranoid_Robot · 21 Oct 2007 at 16:11

MeAnBoY said:
Hey man is that an order from a certain canadian website or a uk based one?

Also people going on about which controller, it's purely down to personal preference. I used to play the majority of my football games on a playstation pad which i used the d-pad. I then switched to xbox for pro evo 5 and used the sticks, then onto the 360. Just a matter of which controller your most used to.

Well I've been using the PS pads and recently the 360 pad for the new version.

There isn't a great difference but I do prefer the PS3 pad for it. It's not purely down to prefence either, the dpad on the 360 is virtually unplayable for PES or other games.

I ordered it from a UK based one but they have stopped taking pre orders as the stock has filled.

I'm actually looking forward to it now that I know the slowdown can be fixed by setting the stadium to the Konami one and also the fact that if you install it to the hard drive it's not supposed to be that bad.