nickclubman
Starting XI
Pro Evolution Soccer 3:
To parapharse Alan Green "Pro Evolution Soccer was the game that put Konami's ship back ont he road." Until this series debuted on the PS2 back in 2001, Konami was always playing catch-up to EA's FIFA seies. But despite still not having a licensed game, the Pro Evolution series stole the football crown and has dominated the charts ever since. Gamers wonderd whether the Japanese coders in Tokyou could perfectwhat was considerd perfection. Well the managed it, with the enhanced Pro Evolution Soccer 2. So now we wonder again, can the best et even better? Damn right it can. After a couple of days with Pro Evolution Soceer 3 we can honestly say thisis the greatest football game to grace any console. Surprisingly, there are a lot of changes under what seem a familiar hood. Unlike Pro Evoluion Soccer 2, this third edition to the series has been completely revamped. In fact nearly 80% of the game in new! To achive this Konami has dispensed with RenderWare - a system of pre-made graphics tools that offer quick development times, but offer quick development time, but timited visual results - in order to build the game's look from scratch. This has resulted in eight times the number of animation and more detailed stadiums, allowing for such things as variable weather conditions, as matches are played. Games might now start dry, only for it to be raining in the second half. Of course, being Pro Evo, the weather effects aren't just cosmetic; you will need to change your style of play to accommodate the changing weather in order to avoid inuries. The results of this labour is a game that is faster, better looking and as sweetly animated as you could pssibly hope for. The matches run at a quicker pace than previous games in the series - Konami has specifically engineered play around swift one-touch passing; making build up play more crucial than ever before. More than any toher console football game, this is dynamic end-to-end stuff... but form side-to-side. More so, the stadiums are now bigger and more detailed than in past games. The supporters in the stands now wear different clothes depending ont he weather. More importantly, the better you play the busier the terraces and vice versa; play a poor game and they will empty. Also, rather than the three or four animation routines of Pro Evo 2, players will now take the ball in a variety of different ways, depending on their skill level, speed and positon in relation to other players. In one move, Kleberson recived a long pass from Roberto Carlos with the outside of his heel, thenin a flash of inspierd style, flicked the ball over a straggling defender's head. In no time at all, after booting up Pro Evo 3, old fans will be breathing down the heels of the opposition. Spectacular goalus will now be a little easier to come by than before, mainly due to the enhanced AI. Whereas in Pro Evo 2 players would head balls from outside the box, they now attempt swinging volleys and strikes, jsut like their real life counterparts. After a swift play as Brazil, we can safely say the series' new hero is Ronaldinho, who appers to be able to swing his jammy right foot at everything and hit the mark. The lucky Brazilian never fails to strike the target, even when he misss. It's not all aobut the foeign talent, though. Us English fans, and the couple of Toffees out there, also have something to crow about with the inclusion of Wayne Rooney. In fact, with the Master Leauge now split up into four leagues, the number of players has now been quadrupaled since Pro Evo 2. And they all now come with their very own revised ratings and attributes, star qualities and personalities. With so many players iont eh game you'd think the Master Leauge would become a nightmare of menus. And it would have been if Konami hadn't added a new player sherch section. Simply type in your requirements and then the game will search its database of Championship Manager rated players, in order to find a relevant match. Back on the pitch, and many players now feature specialised animations. Just as Beckham's free-kick style was imiteted in Pro Evo 2, we now get Thierry Henry's gangling run perfectly recreated; run at the opposition and he explodes like the French train that he is.
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I was blinded once thinking for a moment FIFA 2004 might just beat PES3, but then EA just had time constraints, took out a great feature and will probably have a game, which isn't as realistic as PES3 anyway!
Nick.
To parapharse Alan Green "Pro Evolution Soccer was the game that put Konami's ship back ont he road." Until this series debuted on the PS2 back in 2001, Konami was always playing catch-up to EA's FIFA seies. But despite still not having a licensed game, the Pro Evolution series stole the football crown and has dominated the charts ever since. Gamers wonderd whether the Japanese coders in Tokyou could perfectwhat was considerd perfection. Well the managed it, with the enhanced Pro Evolution Soccer 2. So now we wonder again, can the best et even better? Damn right it can. After a couple of days with Pro Evolution Soceer 3 we can honestly say thisis the greatest football game to grace any console. Surprisingly, there are a lot of changes under what seem a familiar hood. Unlike Pro Evoluion Soccer 2, this third edition to the series has been completely revamped. In fact nearly 80% of the game in new! To achive this Konami has dispensed with RenderWare - a system of pre-made graphics tools that offer quick development times, but offer quick development time, but timited visual results - in order to build the game's look from scratch. This has resulted in eight times the number of animation and more detailed stadiums, allowing for such things as variable weather conditions, as matches are played. Games might now start dry, only for it to be raining in the second half. Of course, being Pro Evo, the weather effects aren't just cosmetic; you will need to change your style of play to accommodate the changing weather in order to avoid inuries. The results of this labour is a game that is faster, better looking and as sweetly animated as you could pssibly hope for. The matches run at a quicker pace than previous games in the series - Konami has specifically engineered play around swift one-touch passing; making build up play more crucial than ever before. More than any toher console football game, this is dynamic end-to-end stuff... but form side-to-side. More so, the stadiums are now bigger and more detailed than in past games. The supporters in the stands now wear different clothes depending ont he weather. More importantly, the better you play the busier the terraces and vice versa; play a poor game and they will empty. Also, rather than the three or four animation routines of Pro Evo 2, players will now take the ball in a variety of different ways, depending on their skill level, speed and positon in relation to other players. In one move, Kleberson recived a long pass from Roberto Carlos with the outside of his heel, thenin a flash of inspierd style, flicked the ball over a straggling defender's head. In no time at all, after booting up Pro Evo 3, old fans will be breathing down the heels of the opposition. Spectacular goalus will now be a little easier to come by than before, mainly due to the enhanced AI. Whereas in Pro Evo 2 players would head balls from outside the box, they now attempt swinging volleys and strikes, jsut like their real life counterparts. After a swift play as Brazil, we can safely say the series' new hero is Ronaldinho, who appers to be able to swing his jammy right foot at everything and hit the mark. The lucky Brazilian never fails to strike the target, even when he misss. It's not all aobut the foeign talent, though. Us English fans, and the couple of Toffees out there, also have something to crow about with the inclusion of Wayne Rooney. In fact, with the Master Leauge now split up into four leagues, the number of players has now been quadrupaled since Pro Evo 2. And they all now come with their very own revised ratings and attributes, star qualities and personalities. With so many players iont eh game you'd think the Master Leauge would become a nightmare of menus. And it would have been if Konami hadn't added a new player sherch section. Simply type in your requirements and then the game will search its database of Championship Manager rated players, in order to find a relevant match. Back on the pitch, and many players now feature specialised animations. Just as Beckham's free-kick style was imiteted in Pro Evo 2, we now get Thierry Henry's gangling run perfectly recreated; run at the opposition and he explodes like the French train that he is.
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I was blinded once thinking for a moment FIFA 2004 might just beat PES3, but then EA just had time constraints, took out a great feature and will probably have a game, which isn't as realistic as PES3 anyway!
Nick.
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I won’t be buying FIFA from playing the demo, not this year, I’m going to have to rent the game too.
