Great game when compared to last years version
User Rating: 8 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 X360
Ok i think ill get straight to the point with this game. Basically to me anyway, its pes2008 with a little bit of sheen, same graphics engine tweaked, a couple of new game modes chucked in and ofcourse the 'FULLY LICENCED CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MODE'', or so you would think after reading in previews. I found out from other websites after it had been stated, that it wasn't fully licenced, which actually made sense becausas if they would they would manage to get the likes of arsenal, chelsea and all the other big clubs, its just another example of Konami's lazyness, although i suppose it can be built on for next years version. Anyway all the game modes are quite fun. I especially like the BAL mode in which similar to fifa's be a pro, you control one player on the pitch and actually on pes you can do an unlimited amount of seasons where fifa is 4. This mode is expanded into another mode called Legends where you can take a player online and compete with other people, and its fun, and from the games i played the experience was exceptable with hardly any lag. Apart from that you have all the usual game modes and an expanded edit mode which i dont have room to explain, but its alot better than last year. If theres one thing anoying me about pro evo is that i have invested my cash in a nextgen console, YES NEXT GEN!!!!, but i pay for a game that is in theory, still a ps2 game?, strange i know but pes still gives me satisfaction when i score a goal. This years version is what we should have got last year and its great, but in the sense that its more of a super patch to 08. Although this year is the recovering year for konami, next year i want to see something BIG AND I MEAN BIG! 
