The
Leipzig Games Convention has come and gone, and the critics agree: Konami's
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is the best PS3 game on the show floor. What? I guess Sony made a
big deal about FIFA for no reason. The jury stated "Football is coming home: the best current football game celebrates its PS3 premiere with diving, wall building and complete online support - including leagues and rankings."
The game is apparently so good that it also won an award for being the best PS2 game at the show. We knew that Germans loved their soccer, but we didn't know that they'd prefer this game over
all the other games at Games Conference! A shock victory, perhaps?
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8-27-2007 @ 5:40PM
Desmond said...
Ever since FIFA was made into a huge deal, I haven't been paying attention to games like Pro Evolution Soccer, this makes me want to read a bit more about that game. But anyways, if the Germans are choosing Pro Evolution over FIFA, than it probably is a worthy try.
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8-27-2007 @ 5:41PM
Andy said...
I hope they are both worthwhile experiences on the PS3. I will go with FIFA 08 though. A worthwhile EA experience...I'm there.
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8-27-2007 @ 5:47PM
rockinrodrigo said...
PES is the better franchise as far as actual gameplay goes, FIFA has all the glitz and glamor, the changes in this years FIFA should make it a better game, but I dont know if it will beat PES, ill eventually buy both
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8-27-2007 @ 6:04PM
Paul said...
Pro Evolution or Winning 11 as we have called in the states has, in my opinion, always been the best Soccer franchise on the Playstation. I I'm very excited for this game to drop.
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8-27-2007 @ 6:36PM
Popfrogs said...
Finally, Europeans get a game that justifies their PS3 purchase. From what I've read, Euros are all over soccer games and they move systems.
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8-27-2007 @ 6:41PM
Europe said...
yep, we do love our soccer games..
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8-27-2007 @ 6:57PM
adamevex said...
PES is the best soccer game on any console. Anyone who knows the game and is really into it (meaning you call it football) will tell you this. PES or winning eleven has the gameplay down to a science. FIFA has all the trimmings that makes for an okay experience like the commentary, menus, music, and graphics. The germans don't lie, they know PES is the best and is best played with a Playstation controller.
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8-27-2007 @ 7:30PM
Sam said...
Man, football games.
How many years ago did they stop getting new features and start becoming a nearly 100% yearly roster update game? It was like 2002 right?
/yawngasm.
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8-27-2007 @ 9:29PM
miglaugh said...
Is it possible these days to do crazy stuff like bicycle kicks? I was playing the Winning pro game with my friend, and it ended with a 0-0 score and went to overtime with the penalty kicks or whatever. It wasn't much fun but was plenty frustrating. So much so it was returned shortly after. You pretty much have to be a pro at the game to get anything done. Definitely not a pickup game. I wonder if either of these mentioned games will be any better for people who aren't die hard soccer fans but liked playing the game as a kid.
Knock the baseball games for realism all you want (only complaint i can see against them), but it's possible to pick the game up and be pretty competitive right out the gate (and it's exciting and fun).
Where's the excitement with the soccer games? If I could make an analogy it'd be "all pumping no orgasm"
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8-27-2007 @ 10:19PM
lachlan said...
PES is the most fun you can have on a virtual football field.
FIFA has always been way too easy to score. I've heard some pretty ordinary things about this version compared to last years especially graphics-wise. (not a big leap in many things.)
Please don't make it another PS2 port. PC/PS3/360 all want more!
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8-27-2007 @ 10:47PM
Brian Spence said...
Maybe I'm being dense tonight, but where is the original source for this story? I can't find it...
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8-27-2007 @ 11:20PM
Andrew Yoon said...
The source is a press site that's password protected, unfortunately.
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8-28-2007 @ 6:46AM
Phil said...
Its all about pro, can't wait for 7
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8-28-2007 @ 9:50AM
Roman said...
Pro Evo has the best game play, however Fifa looks better, and has everything nice and licensed.
Something Konami could spend ALOT more time on.
I hope they've fixed the list of annoyances from the last pro evo and can give us some proper refereeing aswell.
I'm not happy about the new commentators though, the old ones were absolute idiots, but Mark Lawrenson... Sucks that cnut is now involved in the game.
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8-28-2007 @ 3:33PM
John said...
This says "best ps2 game at the show"-- is it ps2, ps3, or both? This is unclear. The ps2 got the award but ps3 didn't? Is this a typo?
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8-28-2007 @ 6:02PM
russ99 said...
Pro Evo rocks!
I just hope the German Bundesliga is included in this year's game unlike last year...
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