Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
From Konami
- Amazon Sales Rank: #11946 in Video Games
- Brand: Konami
- Released on: 2008-03-11
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platform: PlayStation2
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .25" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .20 pounds
The world’s most popular soccer game is back under a new name, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. Formerly Winning Eleven, PES 2008 builds upon the competitive spirit embodied by its predecessor with some major improvements. PES gamers will discover a more immersive, vivid soccer experience than they’ve ever played! PES 2008 features new animations, new clubs and leagues, and online play! Above all else, the new "TeamVision" AI system is more intelligent than ever. Hot-shots will have plenty of new moves to show-up their opponents, or get shown-up so tape those ankles!
Features:
- PES’s pursuit for realism is evident with improved long-range and close-range ball control, passing, and player-specific moves.
- Master League and Cup modes are built up even better than last year’s game.
- New teams like club favorites Spurs, Newcastle, Anderlecht, and Basel, plus national sides from England, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, and Scotland.
- Features the proprietary AI system TeamVision offering the most intelligent competition available.
- Jump into Community mode and play two-on-two contests with your friends, or transfer your games to your PSP system and take your game on the road (Ad Hoc and Infrastructure wireless)!
I love this series
Whatever they want to call it, PES, World Soccer, whatever, year in and year out Konami & Seabass make a killer true football game.
This is their hardest edition to date. Normally I start at the Normal Master League level & work up from there, but I am still sledding on Amateur & it is really going to take a while for me to move up. The AI is superb, just difficult enough to make it truly thrilling sometimes to score goals. What sets PES apart from its competitors is the difficult gameplay that can be broken down thru smarts, savviness, and timing (& sometimes a little luck.) It does not need flashy trick moves, & crazy multiple, simultaneous button mashing to get a great, honest result against a superior side.
Years from now young gamemakers will marvel at Seabass' amazing series of games for Konami.
I could care less about the licensing stuff. The funny names and odd kits add charm to the experience. True football fans know what the teams are, and who plays for them.
It is nice to see FC Basel, at last, though, (although it is about 5 years since their incredible Champion's League Cup run.)
Good, not the best one, but good
The best edition of PES is Winning Eleven 8. Since then, no version has featured any goods as that one. All teams licensed, classic players like Maradona and Pele, not having to deal with freaky names and ugly outfits. PES 2008 is actually an improved version of Winning Eleven 10, which was sold only in Japan. It's basically the same stuff, with MANY not licensed teams, (only two from the Premier League which is actually the best league these days) no Bundesliga, and a very weird look of the outfits and logos when You edit them. The menus are also less usable and uglier.
As pros You could say that the brand new World Tour mode is pretty challenging. It really takes you away from the bothering of playing against a Germany National team where Ballack is something like "wayack". The world tour combines the basic challenges of playing a football match with additional tasks you have to achieve if you want to go through: such as "score two goals with different players" "win and score one goal with a replacement player", etc. It's pretty good, sometimes the match begins at the additional time so you have less time than usual to make the task. Sort of a combination of PES and Risk.
The best PES game is Winning Eleven 8, even though today it won't be up to date about who is playing where, you always can make the teams your own way. The only thing I highlight about PES2008 is the World Tour mode. If you happen to have WE 10, the japanese one, do not get this one because you're gonna get the same thing with another interface. As I did actually.
Great Game
Really interesting
like the one before but with more dribble, and recquire more precision when shouting or giving the ball to another player.
really cool game.
For beginners. You'd better play on beginner mode first...
