Customer Reviews

Pro Evolution Soccer 09

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First, let me say I'm not an expert gamer. I love football (soccer), so I play football on PlayStation when it's too cold to play outdoors. I purchased PES 2009 last week after playing FIFA 2006 as my primary game for a long time. I like PES 2009 much better. Why?

PES is simply more fun. I found FIFA 2006 to be frustratingly difficult to master. If you are some 14-year-old kid with no life who has time to waste mastering FIFA, go for it. But I'm an adult with other interests, so I never really got the hang of it. Even using the best teams in the world (like Barca), I had a hard time beating the worst teams (Kaizer Chiefs). I would go four and five games on the trot without scoring. In FIFA, the computer players come out of nowhere to make tackles and intercept passes. Dribbling in FIFA is very hard, as even the worst computer defenders are as fast as your best strikers.

But PES 2009 makes it easier because it has five skill settings, from beginner to expert. Beginner is really easy, so you can use it to perfect your skills. PES 2009 also has built-in training sessions where you can master tricks like kick feints.

PES is not quite so realistic as FIFA. First, FIFA has licenses to almost every club on the planet, so the club names are all there. But so what? Who really cares to be a Spanish second division team? PES has all the players from all the important leagues and clubs: England, Spain, Italy, Holland, France. The biggest missing link: no teams names for English Premier League sides. But all the players are available, so all you have to do is change the club names and save them.

PES game play is not quite as smooth as FIFA's. FIFA players run more realistically and their tricks seem more real. But I soon got used to the chicken-run style of PES players.

If you are looking for complete realism--including a frustrating lesson in how hard it is to really score a goal in top-flight football--go with FIFA. But if you want to sit down and immediately start having fun, go with PES 2009.

I've been playing soccer games fpr a while On and off. First soccer game i played was The fifa game and didn't like it at all.everything was just linear no movement or simple touches to the game. That was a few years back and since then i been playing winning eleven/pes and just love it. It get more fun playing winning elevn/pes then fifa.. Every year or so i buy a new game and just go to town with it. I would definetly recomend it to anybody who likes futbol games and like to have some fun while playing it.

I think this is a great game. It's pretty easy to learn how to play it, and you can play any team with all the players from various top leagues. My only complaint would be that the game has not been significantly updated from previous versions (I also have PES 2007). It is basically the same, and I was kind of expecting the level of graphics and gameplay to be significantly better after two years.

In addition to playing individual games or exhibition matches, you also have the Master League option, whereby you lead a team from the Division Two up to the first division of a particular league, engage in transfers, see players develop, etc. This is a lot of fun. There is also a "Become a Legend" feature, whereby you apparently play a single footballer as he develops over his career (haven't done this much yet).

I really get a feel for being the manager of a team in the "Master League" option -- buying and selling players, etc. My one complaint here would be that the transfer window seems particularly difficult to do deals in. Not sure why they have made it so hard -- even on "Normal" setting.

All in all a great game, but I hope it will be improved in future versions.

This game is worth the money. It is very addictive. The graphics are realistic. It's fun to play. Each player has different strengths you can utilize and you can create your own plays, which is nice. You have the ability to change momentum, and it's easy for your team to adapt to whatever level of the game you choose to play at.

Cada dia los gráficos mejoran y las jugadas se hacen más reales, casi como estar dentro del campo de juego

Great game, easy to use, very realistic, with the most important teams of the world. Great to enjoy with family and friends.

PES is the best sport game ever!! just play, and u will be in love with the game

I bought this game for my 10 year old brother-in-law. I checked many different stores to and I found that Amazon.com is the only one that has this game at the lowest price. (I also bought the Play Station Module here also at an outstanding price. It even beat the Black Friday Special at Sears and Best Buy).

TERRIBLE GRAPHICS, WASTE OF MONEY. STAY AWAY SO DISAPPOINTED. STICK WITH WINNING ELEVEN, THIS GAME IS A MAJOR STEP DOWN.

I have PS2 version. Sure, interface is crappy. But the gameplay had gotten a lot better. Gameplay is more fun. My money was worth it. I love the game.