Outstanding gameplay, cool visuals, better commentator, fun to play Master League, more license and returning o'EditMod

User Rating: 9 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 PC
By Darkfield | Review Date:
Worth all the waits, this time FIFA is out for good. Even though there is lots of improvement graphic-wise, still it's not a nextgen game, however, gameplay-wise it's double the fun. There is lots of new animations and few more cool moves added to the gameplay, Shots are got better, dribbling is cool but it's too much especially is you play with a team that there's Ronaldinho and/or Chris Ronaldo and Messi and the list goes on. At some points it's more close to arcade rather than simulation. Well of course I'm not against it but I'd like to play it realistic as possible. But it's more competitive and exciting especially when you play the master league with that infamous squad of nuts, believe me they ruined my life. The referee got better, more serious and will not let a committed crime go unpunished. There's also a combo move available for diving which almost all the time referee wont buy that, and most of the time you'll be booked for it. I for one could only fool him two times, guess I need more trainings on this matter and in addition when you're on defense you can pull the opponent's shirt. Anyway, In previous version there was actually more referees, but this time I could only find the same referee calling every match.

Visual improvements are good, but actually I never expected the laziest team of Konami ever spend time on it. I have to give the some credits this time. :D They actually made some improvements but still not eye catching enough though. Scoring goals are a bit easier this time so you better not loose control over your defense line, but remember the best defense is a good offense. Tactics are a little simpler too so you wont spending a lot on it this time. The Master League is the section which actually improved a lot but there's still some holes in negotiation section, if you're a PESMania you know what I mean. It's now more difficult than before and challenging. Again especially when you start the game with default ML players. EDIT Mode has returned again which is very cool, it wasn't in Xbox 360 version which turned my life into a living nightmare because not only I couldn't create myself and make the dream come true but also I (we, all of us, Xbots) couldn't make any transfer for club teams or register new players to national teams. This time we can do all those things and also scan a picture for the created/edited player's face, not looks so good but it's better than nothing, especially if you're like me and don't go through editing data files.

On the whole I see lots of new things also some missing parts. I highly recommend this game to all fellow Football lovers (soccer I mean of course) and I guarandamntee (McMahon style) you'll enjoy it.

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