| Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3) | 
| From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  222 reviews
Sales Rank: 1310
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: soccer-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PES8PS3
EAN: 4012927050293
ASIN: B000Q310LO
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
With the Pro Evolution Soccer series renowned for its fluid, realistic gameplay, the new game builds on the implementation of Teamvision with additional key advances. As with previous releases since its inception in 1996, the ball is again treated as a separate entity, with the timing of shots entirely down to the player, while the new AI ensures that defenders work to close down space and block efforts on goal. Similarly, distribution of passes works along the same lines, with players using the space available to them to switch the ball. Close control has also been enhanced with more control when dribbling the ball, and a number of subtle moves added to bypass defenders and move the ball into space.
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Should be better!!!! July 24, 2008
Mr. G. Charlesworth
I have been playing Pro Evolution Soccer games since the first one came out for Playstation 2 some years ago and have been buying the updated games yearly up until Pro Evo 5. So when the new edition for the PS3 was released I couldn't wait as finally I was looking forward to playing it online most of all and was my main reason for buying it. br / br /Firstly though to the single player game: My initial reaction is somewhat disappointed as I feel that the gameplay feels slowly and not as crisp and exciting as the PS2 versions. The are very additions as compared to FIFA 08 which has much more depth and challenges. But for the time being I can cope with these niggles as it was the online features I was mostly concerned about. br / br /Online is a huge disappointment and very shoddy. Mostly the games play fine with no problems with connection. But every so often you'll be playing online and you can see serious glitches in the online play for example; your opponent has the ball so you tackle him winning the ball and charging off with only for the ball to return to your opponents feet. This is doubly frustating when this happens near your penalty area and ends up with him blasting the ball into the back of the net. Other things I've noticed is that you can have the ball at your players feet and be proceeding towards your opponents goal only for the ball to inexplicably end up in their goalkeepers hands. Also it is very difficult to execute accurate crosses to your strikers in the box with ball drifting aimlessly into the box or out of bounds. br / br /I was hoping that Konami would at some point release a downloadable update for the online feature to correct these issues but nothing has materialised as yet and probably won't. Likely these will be fixed for Pro Evo 2009. At the moment though this means that FIFA 08 is a superior game for online play (though its not perfect) with far more challenges to complete and proper licensing. br / br /I must say in closing though that even with all these problems with Pro Evo I can't stop going online to play it even though I'm not very good at it but something keeps calling me back to it and it is very addictive. br / br /If you've played a Pro Evo game before you may be able to overlook its faults but if you want a perfect game I'd wait for the 2009 version as I'm sure it will be an improvement.
 Anything less than 4 stars is just churlish June 21, 2008
Don Burtoni (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
OK - so PES sets a high bar. Yes more could have been made on the PS3 or 360. But fundamentally this is still an awesome game. It remains the best for multi player (in one room) bar none. Loses one star as I agree with others who claim the lag destroys the online experience. But hey, just get some mates round - it's more fun when you can actually throw toffees at people for missing and to see your victory lap around the room!
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