Graphics? Shiny and new. Real teams? Check. Players too? Very realistic. Controls? Like your team is on acid.
User Rating: 4.5 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 PC
Hey, I love the PES franchise, but once you turn the difficulty on 2008 up to the top player level, you will be pulling your hair out. The updated controls SUCK. Rather than actually becoming more difficult, the game simply dumbs down your players, speeds up EVERY opponent, makes every one of your shots a joke, passes where you didn't want to pass, sends every single deflection, no matter what, straight to an opponent, prevents your players from keeping possession, ensures that the COM can't lose possession, lets the COM knock your players flying to the ground with no whistle, cards your players for an accidental trip, turns your best keeper into a drooling retard without his glasses, makes a wide open shot on goal (taken with almost full power) dribble forward so slowly that someone always has time to intercept it, lets the COM guys spin a 180 from 30m out and bury a rocket in the top corner, makes your fastest guy with a direct route to a through pass hesitate until a slower COM opponent runs past them, and my personal favorite, sends a north-south cross pass exactly 180 degrees from the direction you are holding the thumb stick. Its a joke to see your man run up on a pass, and as his foot starts to descend, he spins right around and boots it into the stands. If this is how Konami thinks you add to the difficulty level, they are nuts. PES6 had its flaws, but it was far more satisfying that this pile of crap. At least I knew what was going to happen when I pushed a certain button. And in case you think I'm just bad at the game, I played PES6 at the highest difficulty level all the time, and won by an average score of 5-1, with a so-so team against Barca, ManU, Real Madrid, Chelsea, etc. 
