PES 2008 Preview News

Nailz

Taken from Winning Eleven Next-Gen Blog. Also put on PESIreland.

Another preview this time coming from Germany. This again is a preview based on the beta version of the game that are in circulation now.

PES 2008 Preview

They have only played the PS2 and Xbox 360 versions, but confirmed a constant slowdown on the X360 version. They are confident that Konami will solve that prior to release. Well, there is spoken intro and such little tweaks, but apart from that it´s the same as it ever was. Still no currency included either, you still get points for you wins.


Edit mode on all platforms.
Graphics better, but no quantum leap.
Nice menus, great animations.
Stadiums still with old textures, some slowdowns (they hope this will get worked over for final version).
Ball physics and animations improved.
Good AI, they lost against com the first two matches on third difficulty level.
Ball feels and sounds heavier, great long distance shooting.
Physique of players more realistic.
Dribbling better, differences in acceleration of players play a greater role.
Defense more difficult (second player pressing less effective, pass anticipation more rewarding)
Great goalie animations.
Lobs easier
They did not succeed with a dive, yellow card every time.
Com also dives in master league, also always got a yellow.
You can choose the numbers of players in the wall.
They could not test shirt pulling and bringing up defenders on corners.
Quick free-kicks work great.
PS2 with 33 stadiums, random matches, more detailed training mode, world tour, community features.
Replays on all platforms
More statistics (highest victory, longest (distance) goal, best possession percentage).
Master League presentation improved.
Now popularity and image of a club play a role in Master League.

At first they wondered, what is different to PES6? After a while they (PES-veterans) did not want to put the controller down anymore. The small changes in gameplay lead to a much better and more realistic game.

Many previews coming through these days some with conflicting views and reports. The W.E.N.B. team wishes that they had a beta to report on, but we will keep bringing you all the previews that hit the net.

Best Wishes,

W.E.N.B. Team

This looks quite good, I don't wanna' wait!

dave_t

Hopefully the wait will be worth it anyway!