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POSTED 16/10/10
PES 2011 - PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER
Konami
PS3 (also on Xbox 360, PC)
It’s a battle with all the ferocity of Holden vs Ford… PES vs
FIFA. Then there’s the whole “soccer” versus “football”
thing. Being resolutely Melbournian, to us “football” means Aussie
Rules (go Tiges!), so the round ball game’s “soccer”. Hail from
pretty much anywhere else though, and calling the “beautiful game”
soccer is akin to commencing a sentence with “Yo mama…”
All these rivalries – at least they make stuff interesting, for the
actual game so often isn’t (duck, roll and run away really bloody
fast…)
However, back to relevance... The PES series has usually –
not surprising considering its heritage - had a reasonably arcade-ish
feel. Most any move you made felt like there was an invisible hand
of God helping it do what you wanted it to. Well, not anymore, ’cos
now you need to know what you’re doing, otherwise passes will skid
over the boundary (or careen into row ZZ), and kicks on goal can
miss by the kind of distance that Cake’s protagonist was going in
their song of the same name (except with a ‘The’ plastered in
front).
Whilst on controls, the resolutely eight-directional PES
thing survives (hello, we have analogue stickiness now), whereas
FIFA has moved on to a more fluent 360 degree thang.
Booooooooooo!
Some will bemoan the lack of licensing of the English Premier League
and more, however faff about with customisation and you may get
distracted enough so as not to care so much.
If you’re a PES-ant you’re already sold; if you’re a FIFA-ite
you’re likely already slinging shit. We’d suggest spending some time
with both and seeing which vibe really suits you, but we guess that
would be like asking a Commodore driver to take a Falcon for a fang…
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