Konami have ripped the soul out of this game. It saddens me to say.....

User Rating: 6 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 X360
By WookieMaster | Review Date:
I am a 41 year old gamer, who has been a dedicated player of the pro evo / winning eleven series since its very first Japanese edition. I have played in tournaments in London and online. I am an above average contender. I wanted to add those personal details, as I wish to say that my love for this game has lasted longer than any relationship I have had so far in real life...I love this game with a passion. The latest incarnation of Konamis masterpiece has left my numb. The graphics look better on my Xb360, than the previous versions I have played (on PC), the sound is undoubtedly much much better, as is the commentary. My gripe is with the soul....the essence, why we loved the pro evo series. That certain magical quality is not there.....it is almost as the main developer has not contributed to this outing at all, as though some new guy has taken the helm and hacked the code into somethinfg sterile. I used to care about the team. I used to want to win. Now, I play for a game in the hope the old familiar love will return, but alas it will not.

The play is so different. Each year, the game had the tweak that kept us coming back for more, but this time there is no tweak, there is a hatchet swipped across the very being of this very average title.

One of my problems is using the analogue stick on my XB360 to be fair...a good controller for FPS, but for pro evo it is a no no...I have considered buying a PS3 for this reason, until I read that the PS3 version is worse! Oh I long for the days where I could use a PS2 converter on my XB or PC, but unless someone knows different, it is not possible on the 360.

Now, I know my review is not a review as such, I could go on about how the players look realistic up close, but not so when at distance. I could go on about the pitch textures being poor. I could tell you about the commentary being much better, apart from Mark Lawrenson sounding like he is reading from a poor script, but you can read all that elsewhere. What I wanted to say, to tell anyone who knows about pro evo, is that the sprinkle of angel dust does not come with this game as it has before.

Poor show Konami. Poor show. This game is dead.

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