Presentation: 9/10
All the menus are clear and easy to navigate by using the IR of the wiimote, the loading times are very short and the tutorial when you play for the first time is just what you need to start playing right away, more advanced techniques requires extra time in the tutorial, all the moves are easy to learn and hard to master..
Graphics: 7/10
Players look ok, what is bad is the public in the stadiums, but who cares, if you want less gameplay with better graphics go to another next gen console and buy a FIFA or any top graphics same old gameplay game.
Sound: 6/10
Electronic music in the menus and repetitive narrations, both can be turned off. Doesn't ruins the experience thought.
Gameplay: 10/10
SHINES, be warn, you will need to play all the tutorials, each one takes about 2 or 3 minutes to accomplish, and most techniques are very easy to learn when you are in the tutorial but when it comes to the real game 11 vs 11 you will need to think very very fast to make all the apparently easy moves.
Offensive:
This is were the game is truly brilliant, once you have the ball you point the soccer field using the IR and the A button and the player will run in that direction, following an arrow, the far you take the tip of the arrow of the player, the faster he will run, and when you stop pressing the A button the player will follow the arrow till the end, so at that moment you can decide to pass the ball using the B button over any other player on the field, this seems easy, but it opens a lot of plays, quick pass moves, wall moves (By keeping the A button pressed at the same time that you press B to pass). I will not spoil any other moves, you have to try it for yourself, but it's amazing see it work, It feels so right that I cannot describe it, It's like when you watch a real game on TV and in the repetition they draw over the image of the field and players recreating the action and directions that they must have took, but here you control it, it's like being a puppeteer. Also you can take full control of the positions of your team mates by tapping A over them and drag the cursor where you want them to be.
The only issue here is that the shoots of the player depends on the strengths that that player in particular have, so you don't really have full control over the shoots, you just decide when is he gonna shoot, not a big issue at all but I hope to see a better shoot control in a sequel.
Defensive:
This is an area that requires a lot of fast thinking, at first you will be tapping the A button over and over in the opponent who has the ball for your players to go to steal it, but later on you will be making very advanced moves, like sending all your team mates to cover all the possible players that are free to receive the ball, so if you do the things well you will have 3 or 4 players covering all the possible options for the opponent to pass the ball and 2 other trying to steal the ball directly to him and if that's not enough you can always play dirty.
Last appeal: 10/10
Tons and tons of things to do, cups to get, leagues to beat, online play with anyone or with friends, and it keeps a record of your wins and losses on WFC on your profile, you won't be bored for a long time.
Thank you Konami for making this game!!
The game is far from being perfect but it's truly a giant step for innovation, thanks to the wii controls this game gets a final score (not an average) of:
Final: 9.3/10
The only reason that I don't give this game a 10 is because I know that they can make it even better, things like controlling the shot and 4 player support will be welcome additions.
negative sides of this game:
-no master league?????????? (But champions road is an acceptable and fun
replacement)
-Free kicks
-Shooting (I have no problem with the system now)
-Defending (learning it well takes a lot longer than before but has lots of
depth and strategy when you do.)
There are negatives as in every game, none detract enough to matter in the end. The fluidity of play and the creativity of offense is brilliant and it gets better the more I play.
Also, I have been playing Pro Evo for a long time both the PC and console versions. I always find beating the AI on 5 star too easy after a week or 2 when the CPU starts having a difficult time scoring. So far the difficulty of this game is a lot higher especially in the 4 and 5 star range. I am playing 5 star now after 3 weeks and am losing more then half of my games
I can't go back to the other versions anymore!
All the menus are clear and easy to navigate by using the IR of the wiimote, the loading times are very short and the tutorial when you play for the first time is just what you need to start playing right away, more advanced techniques requires extra time in the tutorial, all the moves are easy to learn and hard to master..
Graphics: 7/10
Players look ok, what is bad is the public in the stadiums, but who cares, if you want less gameplay with better graphics go to another next gen console and buy a FIFA or any top graphics same old gameplay game.
Sound: 6/10
Electronic music in the menus and repetitive narrations, both can be turned off. Doesn't ruins the experience thought.
Gameplay: 10/10
SHINES, be warn, you will need to play all the tutorials, each one takes about 2 or 3 minutes to accomplish, and most techniques are very easy to learn when you are in the tutorial but when it comes to the real game 11 vs 11 you will need to think very very fast to make all the apparently easy moves.
Offensive:
This is were the game is truly brilliant, once you have the ball you point the soccer field using the IR and the A button and the player will run in that direction, following an arrow, the far you take the tip of the arrow of the player, the faster he will run, and when you stop pressing the A button the player will follow the arrow till the end, so at that moment you can decide to pass the ball using the B button over any other player on the field, this seems easy, but it opens a lot of plays, quick pass moves, wall moves (By keeping the A button pressed at the same time that you press B to pass). I will not spoil any other moves, you have to try it for yourself, but it's amazing see it work, It feels so right that I cannot describe it, It's like when you watch a real game on TV and in the repetition they draw over the image of the field and players recreating the action and directions that they must have took, but here you control it, it's like being a puppeteer. Also you can take full control of the positions of your team mates by tapping A over them and drag the cursor where you want them to be.
The only issue here is that the shoots of the player depends on the strengths that that player in particular have, so you don't really have full control over the shoots, you just decide when is he gonna shoot, not a big issue at all but I hope to see a better shoot control in a sequel.
Defensive:
This is an area that requires a lot of fast thinking, at first you will be tapping the A button over and over in the opponent who has the ball for your players to go to steal it, but later on you will be making very advanced moves, like sending all your team mates to cover all the possible players that are free to receive the ball, so if you do the things well you will have 3 or 4 players covering all the possible options for the opponent to pass the ball and 2 other trying to steal the ball directly to him and if that's not enough you can always play dirty.
Last appeal: 10/10
Tons and tons of things to do, cups to get, leagues to beat, online play with anyone or with friends, and it keeps a record of your wins and losses on WFC on your profile, you won't be bored for a long time.
Thank you Konami for making this game!!
The game is far from being perfect but it's truly a giant step for innovation, thanks to the wii controls this game gets a final score (not an average) of:
Final: 9.3/10
The only reason that I don't give this game a 10 is because I know that they can make it even better, things like controlling the shot and 4 player support will be welcome additions.
negative sides of this game:
-no master league?????????? (But champions road is an acceptable and fun
replacement)
-Free kicks
-Shooting (I have no problem with the system now)
-Defending (learning it well takes a lot longer than before but has lots of
depth and strategy when you do.)
There are negatives as in every game, none detract enough to matter in the end. The fluidity of play and the creativity of offense is brilliant and it gets better the more I play.
Also, I have been playing Pro Evo for a long time both the PC and console versions. I always find beating the AI on 5 star too easy after a week or 2 when the CPU starts having a difficult time scoring. So far the difficulty of this game is a lot higher especially in the 4 and 5 star range. I am playing 5 star now after 3 weeks and am losing more then half of my games
I can't go back to the other versions anymore!