Scott
11-30-2007, 01:48 PM
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To properly inject some spice into multi-player match ups, why not try the old cheeky dive (L and R Bumpers) to launch into theatrics?.
You could say it's a little bit Beatles and Stones. Pro Evo and Fifa, the twin Titans of Football Gaming, are supposed to be deadly rivals, backed by opposing armies or partisan supporters.
The rather more prosaic truth is most people probably have a favourite, but enjoy playing both.
So while the latest installment of the Pro Evo Series, and the first for the PS3, is out of the blocks almost a month after it's rival, the key question here is how - or whether - it improves upon previous versions.
The Answer is that is does and it doesn't. It looks better than ever before, but with games were playability are paramount, crispiness and realism are no longer enough to provide the wow factor.
We have since the next gen systems arrived, been quickly led to expect, phenomenally high standards.
And once the action is under way - action that still annoyingly features teams called London North and Manchester Blue due to the lack of licensing deals - you will probably not notice the improvement on visual effects.
More worryingly neither will you immediately notice a marked improvement in game play. It remains more fluid than it's FIFA rival but no more so than the last PES.
But then about an hour into it you begin to notice a difference best described as the removal of random. First, players actually appear to reflect the traits of their real life counterparts: pass accuracy, physical robustness and even the proclivity are all effected by the identity of the player
Secondly entire teams appear to evolve tactically as matches unfold. So-called revolutionary technological breakthroughs are ten a penny in the world of games and rarely worth the attendant fanfare. But teamvision, the new AI Engine that drives player performance here is truly amazing.
You will quickly notice the opposition adapting to your style of play: breaking from behind in response to top heavy attacking or anticipating repetitive tactical plays. I hesitate to use the word but the more you play the more you somehow feel the game is alive!
Similarly, team-work and team-mate anticipation scale new heights while close control is the best it's ever been.
Fifa 08 probably represents a greater achievement in terms of franchise development, but PES was already widely regarded as the superior series and has just got better in almost every way. Not breathtakingly so, perhaps, but very satisfyingly.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6992/94056020070822thumb004mi7.jpg
The player face option in PES looks like a skin graft gone horribly wrong.
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6718/94056020070822thumb010lo4.jpg
Let your side down in the master league and your supporters hit the bottle.
To properly inject some spice into multi-player match ups, why not try the old cheeky dive (L and R Bumpers) to launch into theatrics?.
You could say it's a little bit Beatles and Stones. Pro Evo and Fifa, the twin Titans of Football Gaming, are supposed to be deadly rivals, backed by opposing armies or partisan supporters.
The rather more prosaic truth is most people probably have a favourite, but enjoy playing both.
So while the latest installment of the Pro Evo Series, and the first for the PS3, is out of the blocks almost a month after it's rival, the key question here is how - or whether - it improves upon previous versions.
The Answer is that is does and it doesn't. It looks better than ever before, but with games were playability are paramount, crispiness and realism are no longer enough to provide the wow factor.
We have since the next gen systems arrived, been quickly led to expect, phenomenally high standards.
And once the action is under way - action that still annoyingly features teams called London North and Manchester Blue due to the lack of licensing deals - you will probably not notice the improvement on visual effects.
More worryingly neither will you immediately notice a marked improvement in game play. It remains more fluid than it's FIFA rival but no more so than the last PES.
But then about an hour into it you begin to notice a difference best described as the removal of random. First, players actually appear to reflect the traits of their real life counterparts: pass accuracy, physical robustness and even the proclivity are all effected by the identity of the player
Secondly entire teams appear to evolve tactically as matches unfold. So-called revolutionary technological breakthroughs are ten a penny in the world of games and rarely worth the attendant fanfare. But teamvision, the new AI Engine that drives player performance here is truly amazing.
You will quickly notice the opposition adapting to your style of play: breaking from behind in response to top heavy attacking or anticipating repetitive tactical plays. I hesitate to use the word but the more you play the more you somehow feel the game is alive!
Similarly, team-work and team-mate anticipation scale new heights while close control is the best it's ever been.
Fifa 08 probably represents a greater achievement in terms of franchise development, but PES was already widely regarded as the superior series and has just got better in almost every way. Not breathtakingly so, perhaps, but very satisfyingly.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6992/94056020070822thumb004mi7.jpg
The player face option in PES looks like a skin graft gone horribly wrong.
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6718/94056020070822thumb010lo4.jpg
Let your side down in the master league and your supporters hit the bottle.