PES 08 not as good as PES 6
I've been playing PES now since it's first incarnation (as I don't think ISS Pro counts, so, I'm talking about Pro Evolution Soccer...). The last decent football game that EA did was FIFA 98 and that, at the time was brilliant.
It was at PES 05, which Konami got horribly wrong (IMO of course) which made me try Fifa '07. I played it to death and then realised that something was missing, a certain Je ne sais quoi, which drew me, eventually back to PES (PES 6 in this case).
I have been playing PES 6, TO DEATH (to my wife's annoyance!! lol) ever since and it has to be said, that even though I have bought (and played quite a lot) PES 2008, I still keep going back to PES 06.
In my view, PES 06 is the closest we've come yet to a proper simulation of football. One of my mates (who is rather good at PES 06, to say the least) and a die hard football supporter bought and played Fifa 08 for quite a while (only because PES 06 looked pants upscaled on his PS3 and LCD!), but, he just wanted to play a good football game. His report to me was less than favourable and basically mirrored my views of FIFA 07. It is an arcade game, a dumbed down version of football for kids.
So, if you're older than 25 and still playing FIFA - grow up and if you're younger than 25 and playing FIFA - you'll learn...
But this is the best piece of advice I can give, if you want to enjoy playing football, stick with PES 6, it's still the best football game around.
I've been playing PES now since it's first incarnation (as I don't think ISS Pro counts, so, I'm talking about Pro Evolution Soccer...). The last decent football game that EA did was FIFA 98 and that, at the time was brilliant.
It was at PES 05, which Konami got horribly wrong (IMO of course) which made me try Fifa '07. I played it to death and then realised that something was missing, a certain Je ne sais quoi, which drew me, eventually back to PES (PES 6 in this case).
I have been playing PES 6, TO DEATH (to my wife's annoyance!! lol) ever since and it has to be said, that even though I have bought (and played quite a lot) PES 2008, I still keep going back to PES 06.
In my view, PES 06 is the closest we've come yet to a proper simulation of football. One of my mates (who is rather good at PES 06, to say the least) and a die hard football supporter bought and played Fifa 08 for quite a while (only because PES 06 looked pants upscaled on his PS3 and LCD!), but, he just wanted to play a good football game. His report to me was less than favourable and basically mirrored my views of FIFA 07. It is an arcade game, a dumbed down version of football for kids.
So, if you're older than 25 and still playing FIFA - grow up and if you're younger than 25 and playing FIFA - you'll learn...
But this is the best piece of advice I can give, if you want to enjoy playing football, stick with PES 6, it's still the best football game around.