Honestly, i dont know why ppl score so low to this game
i admit that konami has made alot of effort into it, and those effort got paid, the game play, visual effect,and the control all have been improved to a different level.
The game is much more difficult than before, in terms of the difficulties of the computer opponent, in pes 2008 if you have some players such as ronaldinho or kaka or ibrahimovic, once they dribble with a full speed, there's no way that the defender can catch up, but in pes 2009,thank god they changed it,pretty much no one can do the same "trick" as before, and it's a good thing, coz the more realistic the more fun,isn't it? further changes include the shooting is more difficult,keepers will drop the ball more often when catch a shot.
in pes 2009, the computer opponent has improved alot(the top player level), the way they playing is more like a human, and some other new tricks been added on is really gonna make some troubles to you.