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Konami has announced the next instalment in the Pro Evolution Soccer series for release on PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and PSP this autumn.
We're promised the biggest, best and most realistic Pro Evolution Soccer ever, of course. Immediately, swarms of buzz-words - "reworked", "revamped", "greatly enhanced" - surround the graphics and animations paragraphs. These are unlikely to mean creator Seabass has ditched the old engine in favour of a new one, however, and we won't really know the extent of the changes until we see the game in motion.
So, on we go, because underneath are changes worth noting. Konami has dedicated an entire team to improving online play in PES 2010 and bolstering downloadable content, for starters.
Plus, Konami wants PES 2010 to go back to the "simulation roots" of the series, which means removing "soft goals" and making defenders and midfielders cover space for each other to eliminate silly weak spots. Several players can be controlled at once, too, and runs can be triggered during set-pieces.
Formation-bossed player behaviour has been sidelined in favour of unique player behaviour based on their strengths and weaknesses. Good crossers will entice team-mates to flood the box, for example, while lone strikers will prompt quick support and skilled dribblers will scare the snot out of defenders.
That should reduce time spent formation fiddling, as should a new power gauge that quickly assesses formations and whether one will greatly overpower another. Perhaps a team with great width plays a narrow-minded opponent, let's say; in that case the gauge will favour the former.
A new penalty system requiring greater control and accuracy has been added. Also note the introduction of zonal defending, smarter referees (pigs can fly!) and more believable goalkeepers.
Konami promises "vital new additions" to the Master League, but won't say what, and Argentinian wonder-boy Lionel Messi will beam out from the PES 2010 box. Konami has exclusive UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) licence, as well.
"We aim to make PES 2010 a more user-friendly, immediate experience that places the emphasis on getting straight into the gameplay for which the series is famed. PES 2010 will look better, will play better, and will recreate real football as closely as the current hardware will allow," said Konami Japan's Naoya Hatsumi.
We'll see.
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Snakehips76
08/04/09 @ 10:53
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Please just fix the manual change player button that was severly broken on PES09 and that will suffice for me.
Somehow I doubt there will be major changes with PES10 but Seabass must do something to keep up with EA if this year's showings are anything to go by. |
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ryohazuki1983
08/04/09 @ 11:40
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Gonna take a few years to catch up with Fifa IMO. Only way they can catch up, is if EA get lazy (Like before) and just ride of the success from 09.
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I'd like to see more realistic offside decisions......i.e. not computer pin-point accuracy on whether or not a player's strayed off, I'm talking human factor decisions!
I'd also like to see more intelligence from your own team players, so lets hope that promise does materialise as show in the press release (altho we all know PR's are just marketing hype) And I'd LOVE to see up to date transfers!! PES has been coming out a week after FIFA in recent years and yet FIFA manages to have teams up to date as far as the August transfer deadline, PES doesn't.........how does that work?! |
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andywilkie35
08/04/09 @ 12:39
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"go back to PES2 or 5 and it'll be a great game."
If they go back to PES5 then all will be forgiven Also bring back Memorial matches - surely the point of profiles on 360 and PS3 is ideal for this, but they took it out. Absolutely baffling. |
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Really, who cares? You've said the same thing, that this year is the real next gen year, for the last 3 games. The few million sad PES obsessives so utterly grounded in their stubborness who cannot take the fact that their precious game has been outdone by the evil corporate FIFA are all going to buy it regardless, and the rest of us, who just want the best game, are so fed up of your bullshit, and so relieved that EA haven't just matched your game but excelled everything you've ever done by an inconceivably vast margin whilst you release the same archaic game year after year, that we've just lost all faith in your ability to actually develop a decent game.
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For years we said that the perfect footy game would marry the game play of PES with the licenses and presentation of FIFA. We now have this, it's called FIFA 09.
PES is irrelevant now. I would do the opposite to what they are proposing to do and make it more arcade like. take it back to it's Nintendo roots. Bringing back analogue control would be a start and would differentiate it from FIFA. |
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"they need to do something with it, the past 3 versions have been shocking.
go back to PES2 or 5 and it'll be a great game." Well, why not just play PES 5 then? To be honest, I think this is part of the series problem. Last year's PR talk mentioned about how the series was going to try and be more like PES 5. This year they mention going back to their simulation roots. It means that PES is caught in a constant cycle of changing something, then changing it back. FIFA on the other hand just says "how can I make this better?", and that approach has now paid off. |
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I have bought every PC PES and quite a number of Playstation ones, and ISS before that. It has been a disaster since 6, so my friends and I are back on 6 with a free update for latest transfers, a private server program and running kitserver so the textures are higher res(sort of) and wide screen. I'll try the demo this time out, but for the first time Seabass has used all the good will up so not an automatic purchase for me. As Brian Potter said - "shape up or sh*t out!"
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Fifa 09 was the first Fifa I'd bought since Fifa 2001(which was one of the games I got with my PS2) and I must say I'm quite happy with that.
PES2008 on the PS3 was an absolute shambles and 2009 was no better from what I gathered playing it on my housemates 360. I didn't like Fifa09 when I first played the demo but it definately grew on me and is a great football game, though it has a steep learning curve. @ lord, are you actually fucking serious? I will give you serious kudos if you never post a comment, speak and breathe ever again. |
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hiddenranbir
08/04/09 @ 15:23
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It means that PES is caught in a constant cycle of changing something, then changing it back.
Typical way Japanese developers seem to handle their games. |
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FIFA really is great this year but it doesn't have the personality of the older Pro Evos. Somehow it just feels a bit clinical. The manager mode doesn't inspire the same love that Master League used to.
PES '09 was pretty good but a bit of a safety option. They need to get back on track with a solid release or PES could become a forgotten series. |
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superdelphinus
08/04/09 @ 16:14
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"Even though FIFA is brilliant when it comes down to playing a game of football PES09 beats FIFA,"
that simply hasn't been the case for about 2 cycles now |
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"If you want all the bells and whistles of football but with gameplay akin to playing on ice in slow motion buy Fifa
If you want crap master league, not many licensed teams but a decent game of football buy PES This is still as true today as it was in 1999 Fifa is a good single player game when you get past the fact it plays nothing like football PES is a great multiplayer game of football when you get past the fact it doesnt have the flash of Fifa It does'nt matter how many game sites say Fifa has caught up or is better, any true football gamer knows it isnt" ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- This statement is completely incorrect. |
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Kirly_Wombat
08/04/09 @ 19:37
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simon0044 : Fifa is a crap game of football, you know it deep down, it doesn't matter how many times you play it and try and convince yourselves otherwise, its still crap. Yes you can get some enjoyment out of it, but as a football game its crap.
Wow, you have formed your own opinion, but instead of stopping there, you projected it on to other people and are telling them its thier own. Kudos. |
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TrevSkyline
08/04/09 @ 20:02
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Again, the big "PROMISIES"!
Every year Konami spout this crap - after being a life long PES fan I finally made the jump to Fifa last year, it was a much better simulation of football than Konamis shocking PES 2009. It's going to take some MAJOR improvement to take me back to PES......GAME ON! |
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marronthered
08/04/09 @ 21:03
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"pigs might fly" could apply to the whole article ffs. big let down this generation - sort your shit out konami!!
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Fifa is a good single player game when you get past the fact it plays nothing like football
In football teams build up slowly from the back, holding up the ball, adjusting the tempo of the game, moving off the ball always looking for the perfect break. Rather like FIFA. But they can't sprint the length of the pitch in three seconds and routinely score from 40 yards out. So not really like PES at all then. |
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i'm sold on the manager mode (albeit flawed) in fifa as well as the gameplay. So they'd need to radically change the Master League to get me back.
I'm not massive on FIFA's manager mode. My main objection is... why after two games of the season do all my players start every match with 0 stamina, but all opposition players always have full? If my players get season fatigue at a ridiculously fast rate then surely everyone else's should as well? I pretty much have to have a second set of ten players to swap in every three games just to let them be able to run again. But Ultimate Team mode is a million kinds of awesome, and made with a fine combination of crack and heroin. |
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colvinrhys
24/04/09 @ 22:14
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If everyone likes talking about fifa and EA so much they are on the wrong forum. PES is brilliant every year it gets better . Online needs a bit of work burt what i would like to see is a bit more colourand enthusiasim in the crowd.
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