The Series Low Point
However, this latest addition to the series is a huge disappointment which is a real shame since it was looking to promising in the development stage.
First thing, Konami has introduced a system called "team vision" which is suppose to adapt to the style of which you are playing, in order to make the game more challenging. Simply however, this is just not the case, and even on the hardest skill level, you can get away with simply passing the ball around your own half and then lumping a through ball down the wing since it's guaranteed that soon enough, a winger will become totally unmarked, and this is the case throughout the entire match.
Another real game play flaw is the fact that the opposition defensive A.I. is horrendously bad, so often you will notice defenders try to dribble the ball out of defence and your strikers will just nip in, win the ball and have a one on one chance at goal.
Graphically, the game looks awful, it really just looks like a polished up PS2/XBOX game, but in high definition, and if your playing on a standard definition television, it looks just like an old previous generation game. What really shocks me about the presentation is just how bad the frame-rate is during replays, it is literally at about 5 frames per second, and it looks like a slideshow, or stop frame animation. This is down to the game being poorly optimised, and its the same on both PS3 and XBOX 360. In terms of sound, well it sounds as flat as ever, it is almost like an old 16 bit mega drive game, seriously, I am not joking.
Let's look at a few positives, well sometimes the game is fun, and two player is a blast and is arguably the best asset this game has going for it, I have not tried online multiplayer.
Now the master league, this has been Pro Evos main feature throughout the series, but just lately, we have been presented with the same old master league mode with no new additions what so ever, apart from there are now 20 teams in each league, including division 2. The game does lot let you select which kit to play in before a match so you will often find yourself playing in your away strip and the opposition in their home kit, this isn't really a major issue, but never less, extremely annoying, and the player fitness levels seem to be totally random as well which is such a cruel tease.
Overall, this latest addition to the Pro Evolution Soccer series is simply a mediocre game, with no new features and a shoddy game engine.