Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - Official Thread

5ingh · 1 Nov 2007 at 09:16

Check this out: http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/xbox36...3084&sectionId=1006&pageId=200710261341390042

Compares FIFA player faces with PES player faces. PES wins hands down. Check out Theo Walcott lol

da_mic_1530 · 1 Nov 2007 at 10:07

sorry but nokkon's right on this one, its not just his opinion , I also believe that PES has no excuse to be released like this, hell its shambolic compared to pes 6, but even if we skip how the game plays, the fact that the rosters arnt up to date, game modes are missing and that the game was shipped without online working properly, the fact that if FIFA had FPSlag and PES didnt EA would be slain for not "optimising the game"to me Konami now reeks of a company trying to meet deadlines and please shareholders

imagine if you will halo 3 without certain options, no matchmaking, no party groups, no slayer mode, and the fact that online wouldnt work. Everybody says that halo3 is great because of it's online features, without them it would have been slammed, I don't understand how people can overlook these points in PES

Mr Men · 1 Nov 2007 at 10:25

NorthstaNder said:
exactly! imo, this version of PES is excelent. ok, it might be a tiny bit too quick for my liking but i'm getting used to it.

it wouldn't be PES without a couple of niggles!

just need to sort the online side. then it'll rock

I agree

I really hope that the people who have probably not played the game longer than a couple of hours will soon give up forcing their opinion on us as fact and just accept that some people like the game and move on.

McManicMan · 1 Nov 2007 at 10:28

Mr Men said:
I agree

I really hope that the people who have probably not played the game longer than a couple of hours will soon give up forcing their opinion on us as fact and just accept that some people like the game and move on.

freedom of speech is great, PES is not

Mr Men · 1 Nov 2007 at 10:31

Yes it is

Freedom to buy games is great too.

bailey12856 · 1 Nov 2007 at 11:17

weringo said:
Bit stupid really, now when you play online England have been gimped as they lack a decent left sided midfielder, and Holland are missing Van Nistlerooy (just why?)

They get these silly things wrong every year.

how dare you, stewy downing can perform on that left wing

Adam · 1 Nov 2007 at 11:23

dannyjo22 said:
It maybe annoying if Joe cole isnt in the squad if you like joe cole but having players just missing from starting line ups is hardly an issue. It's subjective anyway on who you prefer and how you like to play.

I never use the starting line ups anyway or formations.

Exactly, spot on. They have to take it from a particular point in time so there are going to be occasions when perhaps a big name is missing from the squad. This is extremely unluckly but surely this is the fairest way to do it?

Chelsea being a good example, no Terry, Shevchenko, Drogba or Joe Cole who generally you would expect to be in the starting 11.

NokkonWud · 1 Nov 2007 at 11:35

bailey12856 said:
how dare you, stewy downing can perform on that left wing

Downing couldn't perform on any left wing.

Saint · 1 Nov 2007 at 12:04

All these posts about "they've got the starting lineup totally wrong ZOMG" are starting to annoy me.

Konami don't think ben haim is better than terry, it's just at the time of developement terry was injured so hes put on the sub bench...

I know things such as joe cole not being in the england team aren't correct but it only takes 2 seconds to edit it? Obviously this doesn't work online but..

playing PES online sucks anyway there is always going to be a delay with things like tapping shoot for a little shot not registering, especially when PES is a game thats based on precise timings of passes etc. Also people online only select ~4 teams and quit when losing zz

Offline against mates > online

end rant

Kyle009 · 1 Nov 2007 at 12:07

5ingh said:
Check this out: http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/xbox36...3084&sectionId=1006&pageId=200710261341390042

Compares FIFA player faces with PES player faces. PES wins hands down. Check out Theo Walcott lol

good article that! that random argie is good.

PES is alright, ive not played it loads yet but im having real issues with passing. it seems to be really hit and miss, like some passes just dont go anywhere even though im aiming them with the analogue stick.

DavidQ · 1 Nov 2007 at 12:10

Are there any decent kit patches out yet for the pc?

dannyjo22 · 1 Nov 2007 at 12:29

Saint said:
All these posts about "they've got the starting lineup totally wrong ZOMG" are starting to annoy me.

Konami don't think ben haim is better than terry, it's just at the time of developement terry was injured so hes put on the sub bench...

Exactly I dont remember a single complaint that Rooney wasn't in the england starting 11 last year. It never bothered me I just swapped crouch out for rooney. There are examples of that in loads of teams last year yet no one made issue.

99% of the fun for me is finding a better 11 than default anyway.

Davey_Pitch · 1 Nov 2007 at 14:46

Jeez, all the bitching about PES in here is quite annoying. If you don't like it, or simply want to bitch about it, stay out of the thread and leave it to the people who enjoy the game and want to talk about it.

If you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything.

RuMp3l4$k1n · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:01

And on that note I present to you another review just out:
http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/p...topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot

Nate · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:08

RuMp3l4$k1n said:
And on that note I present to you another review just out:
http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/p...topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot

ouch. 6.0 for PS3 althoough slightly better on the 360

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/pes2008/review.html?sid=6182052&tag=topslot;title;1

ScarySquirrel · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:11

dannyjo22 said:
Exactly I dont remember a single complaint that Rooney wasn't in the england starting 11 last year. It never bothered me I just swapped crouch out for rooney. There are examples of that in loads of teams last year yet no one made issue.

99% of the fun for me is finding a better 11 than default anyway.

Wow! 99% of your enjoyment of the whole game comes from that. You must really hate the gameplay

NokkonWud · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:23

I enjoyed GameSpots review of PES2008, was really well written and a change from previous reviews I've read on that site, but he's pretty spot on with some of his stuff.

PurpleDinosaur · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:26

Anyone able to comment on the PS2 version of the game?

dannyjo22 · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:42

ScarySquirrel said:
Wow! 99% of your enjoyment of the whole game comes from that. You must really hate the gameplay

Yep it's the thing I like most. Picking a team and tweaking it to my liking with saved set ups and strats for online play. I tweaked arsenal last year from the starting line up and had 3 different stats programed in to make changes at a push of a button. That's what I enjoy most.

You can fool loads of people by having a starting line up say 4-4-2 that looks stupid. Have a stategy saved thats 4-3-3 with different pitch positions. As soon as the game starts use the stat change and pull their markers all out of position.

Most people won't even know it's happening.

Thats where the fun is for me, changing to something from the starting line up and formation and having it work against an opponent online.

dannyjo22 · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:44

Davey_Pitch said:
Jeez, all the bitching about PES in here is quite annoying. If you don't like it, or simply want to bitch about it, stay out of the thread and leave it to the people who enjoy the game and want to talk about it.

If you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything.

Yep for all the bleating on this thread the fifa topic doesnt seem to be getting much action

Its probably more dissapointment of Evo rather than Fifa being good because no one is talking about how good it is on the frontpage