I used to be a PC only gamer. I didn’t want to hear anything about the Playstation or any other console for that matter, although I owned every single SEGA console. In 2003 though, I had to buy my very first PS2. Why? Because of a game called PES 3. My thumps got swollen during the first couple of weeks. I broke 2 joypads out of frustration because of the controls, but I kept coming back for more. It didn’t take long to start playing at the highest difficulty and it took no time at all to look at the Fifa games and laugh. This game was simply the best footie game I had ever played. Year after year Konami fine tuned the game closer to perfection. But every year we had to complain about something, so every year although almost perfect PES HAD to change. Come 2007 they are taking steps backward. PES 2008 was the worst release yet, unstable servers, lag, no difference in the graphics and still no Premiere League License. It wasn’t any different than the PES 6 version. So what do I think about the demo?
1. It is the game it should have been not last year, but 2 years back.
2. Leave the god damn match engine alone. If it’s working don’t break it. Don’t change it every year from good to bad to good again.
3. Instead focus on the graphics and get licenses, don’t tell me Konami doesn’t have the cash do it (except those that are exclusive to EA). I guess when the fans do the job for you why should you bother,ehh?
4. FFS what the hell are those menus???? Am I playing a Tony Hawk Game??? Through some flowers and animals while you’re at it. C’mon, what were you thinking?
So if you compare it to last year’s game, yeah, this is a good game, but far from perfect. On the PC it is and it will be the best footie game out there, simply because FIFA sucks big time this year, again.
But and this is a big BUT. On the PS3 (and the XBOX 360 from what I hear) FIFA 09 is way better. I played the FIFA 09 Demo and I was like OMFG they actually made a good Soccer game. I repeat the PC version is a whole different matter and it sucks. On the PS3 you get Slick presentation, full of licenses, and finally… good controls.
Every year I was trying both games out and every year I was laughing at the way FIFA was playing. I used to play PES all year through. Except last year, last year the only soccer game I played was Football Manager. This year though the FIFA 09 demo put a smile on my face ffs. I hate the fact that I came to like FIFA more than PES. We always complain how EA releases the same game basically every year. Well Konami is doing the same and I won’t be spending any cash on this year’s PES just because it is the game it should have been last year. Sorry. We deserve better for sticking to PES all these years. I would rather play PES 6 on my PC. PULL IT TOGETHER KONAMI AND SEABASS because soon we will call it Pro Devolution Soccer.
This isn’t a bad game or anything it’s just not what we should be getting. FIFA 09 has raised the bar and PES simply isn't there. Don’t tell me that you where excited more than you were relieved that they made it this year? Don’t tell me that the gameplay is better than that of PES 6? The only feature I am dying to try out is the Be A Legend mode. Because the Be a Pro on the pc sucks big time. I’m sure that PES will be way better on that part.
So this is what I think about this year’s PES, as a gamer who has played FIFA since it was released back in 1993 and has played ISS and PES through the years. I love PES, it’s the game that has given me the thrills and the emotions only the real game could give. But the transition into the current gen era has stunned them imho. Although I was hoping to love the game, I have to be realistic here. They will be back on top, maybe next year, but it won’t be with this year’s game. Sorry.
Playing the FIFA 09 Demo: -> Pleasently Surprised :shocking: Excited even :w00t
Playing the PES 2009 Demo -> Ok, they made it this year, hurray. It’s the usual PES game. :fplm: :no: