Konami "pulling out stops" for PES 2009 News
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Konami claims to have "pulled out all the stops" in order to make Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 a "landmark in footballing games" as part of a raft of feature announcements today.
Controls, visuals and AI are all areas rethought and rebuilt in order to reinvigorate the football simulation - and of course to tackle increasingly stiff competition from FIFA.
Pulling off tricks, for instance, is now done by rapidly changing direction when on the ball, rather than by relying on complex special moves.
Teamvision AI, the big idea from last year, will be more adept and send team members off on runs as they adapt more intuitively to their surroundings.
Plus, everything you see should be more detailed, sound better, and behave much more realistically than ever before; weather conditions mean passes need to be stronger on soggier pitches and so on.
Become a Legend mode, however, is billed as the biggest addition in PES 2009. This casts you as a single midfielder or striker, because those are the most exciting positions, obviously.
Here you start as a rookie and plough your way to the top, climbing the transfer ladder after good results and falling down after bad ones.
Become a Legend extends online to Legends mode, which sounds a lot like Be a Pro from FIFA. Friends band together together in teams - no word on how many - and take on rival squads.
"We have pulled out all the stops to make PES 2009 a landmark in footballing games. From the most basic controls through to the wide-ranging additions to game modes such as Become a Legend, all-new visuals, sound, and the Edit mode, Seabass and his team have strived to cram as much as they can into the new game," said Jon Murphy from Konami.
"And with more online announcements to follow, there is every reason to believe that PES 2009 is the football game everyone has been waiting for."
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is due out for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii and DS this autumn.
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Hmmm, we'll see... I seem to recall Konami making such claims prior to PES 6 appearing on the 360 and then when it was clear that wasn't exactly brilliant they said the same things about PES 2008 (of which the PS3 version was especially dreadful IMO; the EG review was a disgrace!). I've pre-ordered FIFA 09 and whether I buy PES 2009 very much depends on whether it is a massive improvement over the previous games on the 360.
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nickthegun
14/08/08 @ 14:06
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"We are pulling out all the stops to make sure 2009 is not as shit as 2008"
I heard they sacked the guy who made the cardboard cutouts for for the crowd animation and everything. |
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QPRHOOPS81
14/08/08 @ 14:20
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something tells me the demo better be great or its flop ahoy. After the last edition people are going to be skeptical and need alot of motivating to buy it.
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So why were none of these improved visuals apparent in the trailer you just released? Or are these improvements on the same scale as you made last year, ie nil and made up?
And having Be A Pro only without the option to play in defence or 10v10 online is not a selling point. You've lost the plot. Ditch the game and start over, using no assets at all from what currently exists, and maybe then you'll get back in the game. |
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CunningLinguist
14/08/08 @ 14:31
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Can you remap the controls in FIFA to pro evo controls? You couldn't in the demo for euro 2008. If that game is anything to go by, then EA really made some progress.
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QPRHOOPS81
14/08/08 @ 14:37
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ball physics would be a good thing. You know so the ball doesn't bounce in crazy impossible directions just so it will go to the cpu opposition. That used to wind me up more than anything. Also the throw in invisible walls need to go. Lastly ditch the awful scripting and fact that you can tackle a player and have them get up and run off with the ball while your still on the floor.
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dickrickulous
14/08/08 @ 14:45
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I want it all to come together for Konami but it probably wont.
Their press releases make bitter reading after spending a few months with each version, no matter how good it is. Revolutionary AI? Really? |
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"Konami claims to have "pulled out all the stops"... as part of a raft..."
It'll deflate then. Sorry, I know that was poor. What can you really do with a football game anyway? Teh only real variation I've seen is controlling just one player. Apart from that, there's not much else. Apart from guns. |
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Think its a case of having to pull out all the stops rather than a desire to do so. PES5, 6 and 2008 are all an embarrassment . And dont mention the online play. A lot of the PES community are all leaving for Fifasville. . And can Seabass and the boys get rid of the god awful music they have had in the last 3 editions. . . . .
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malteaserhead
14/08/08 @ 14:53
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I agree with Darren - sounds like the same old empty promises.
I definately won't be getting this at launch and maybe not at all. fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again. |
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andywilkie35
14/08/08 @ 15:08
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every year a new pro comes out, every year they say there'll be loads of changes, every year i buy it and realise that really there aren't many changes at all. Still gonna get it tho coz i fucking love it
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I make a point of not buying anything from Konami that
1) Is tied to 1 user on 1 console 2) Has Konami's usually dire networking code 3) Require jumping through 15 fucking hoops just to register so you can log on to their dire online service. I'll be waiting until at least the first patch to see if this is worth buying. Then I might pick it up 2nd hand.
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Browntracky
14/08/08 @ 15:38
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I was just about to get pes 2008 for the wii this weekend. Is it still worth getting or should I wait?
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malteaserhead
14/08/08 @ 15:44
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Feanor
"Pulling off tricks, for instance, is now done by rapidly changing direction when on the ball, rather than by relying on complex special moves." This sound fucking horrible. :( ________________________ Yeah. Seems another step into the arcade end that pro fans historically wanted to shy away from. Could be better than it sounds though. So Konami are also trying to do a 'be a pro' style online mode. Fifa can already get 5v5 online working better than Komai get 1v1 working, I'm really pessimistic about PES implementing any kind of online team mode.
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mcwildcard
14/08/08 @ 15:49
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Pull out all the stops?
I'd prefer they pulled out all the bugs before release this time. They won't though, and I'll be disappointed once again. |
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I wouldn't touch this with a barge poll. Comments like that just cries "It's going to be oh so shit"
Konami and PES are a joke. They should of been working on a next gen Pro Evo on the side 4 years ago while releasing these crappy editions and then unleash a decent football game. I've always bought Pro Evo but I've been burned too many times. People are talking up Fifa after the Champions League or Euro 2008 game so I think I will give it a shot.
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TheMoonRat
14/08/08 @ 16:44
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Does this mean there will be the return of 2v2 games like there used to be in pro evo 6? (2 people per team controlling as many players)
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Digital~Orgasm
14/08/08 @ 18:15
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Yawn, same old crap each year, about this time we get all the hype for both PES and Fifa. Neither will be that revolutionary, aside from a few gameplay tweaks and slightly better visuals.
It's crazy how these games get released each year, pretty much similar to the previous year's attempt and we all go out and buy them.
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Tweakmonkey
14/08/08 @ 18:26
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What do people really want from a football game? For me I want good controls, realistic physics and animation with no slow downs and plenty of licensed teams. PES used to deliver on all of these, but then online gaming came along and the goal posts have changed so to speak. If Konami can sort out the net code and servers then that will go a long way to winning back the community.
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the interview on IGN last year sums up Konamis' Seabass I dont give a flying fcuk attitude as far as I'm concerned, if fifa 09 is as good as they claim, then that's the 1st now current gen football title that i'm going to buy
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/827/82731... "Seabass: Of course. To be honest I don't think the slow-down is that bad compared to the 360 and as I said, we don't create just a PS3 game, we created both together. But when we compared them directly we were shocked because the PS3 has a little bit more slowdown and we don't really know why" how can you not know why your title has slowdown???!!! |
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