GameSpy writes: "After two years on PSP, the Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer franchise returns for another installment. In this case, the third time isn't a total charm, and hardly a huge leap forward for the series. Sure, the core simulation-focused gameplay is intact, and the controls feel just as intuitive to play as they did in the series' 2006 PSP debut. The problem is that fundamentally, save for some wonderful additions to gameplay, it's Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 with Manchester United's scoring machine Cristiano Ronaldo slapped on the case rather than wayward Brazilian striker Adriano.
It's tough to tell if the series peaked with Winning Eleven 9 and we're starting to see the redundancy, or if this is simply a well-meaning misstep. Don't get us wrong; PES 2008 is still a fun handheld experience, and the amount of PS2-compatible data is a vast step forward for the PSP game. It's just that fundamentally, nearly everything that was right and wrong about last year's game is unchanged in PES 2008, from Master Leagues and tight gameplay to ugly visual gaffes and long load times."
Pro:
-Solid core gameplay
-Some of the most extensive PS2-to-PSP data transfer seen in a handheld title
Cons:
-Outside of PS2-PSP connectivity, it's PES 2007, good and bad, with different presentation
This Is My Joystick NEW Celebrity Games Columnist OJ Borg Laments The Death Of The PS2.
The power of the PS2 was the social aspect; that dragged Gamers in. Nowadays we don’t need to see, smell or entertain our friends as we have Xbox Live and the shabby PS3 online thing, but back then, we used to have to be in the same room to play these games. This wasn’t a new thing, but the games just made it all-encompassing.
Games like Tekken Tag Tournament were great for a night of lazy boozing and gaming. Track and Field with a Multi-Tap was where we would give different names to the competition, depending on who was there (“AAA” if it was the poorer player’s, right up to an Olympics once every four weeks). We even had a little drugs scandal, when we decided to ban the use of socks on fingers to help mash the buttons.
The PS2 was a once in a lifetime machine, but honestly I hadn't seen a new one available here in the states in almost 5 years. The news that they have ceased production worldwide is basically symbolic.
The epic fight between the two soccer giants Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA has been going on for over 10 years now. Cynamite takes a look at the scores from both games and shows, at which point PES overtook the FIFA series.
PS1/PS2 - PES by far
360/PS3 - FIFA by far
I can't see that changing until the next generation of consoles.
2000 - 2005 -> PES dominated since the PS1 days but then it came PES 2006 it was a major letdown
2006 - NOW -> Fifa started to show its quality on this current gen and it evolved year after year while PES was still way behind.
A shame that games like "This is football" just vanished during the PS2 days
pes2011 is much different from any next gen pes, this is really a huge improvement
Its funny to read or talk to the FIFA fanboy they cant accept the true and hate PES.
If you go to the FIFA forums they talk Bs. About pes and they hate it.
In the Pes forums they respect Fifa and many will be getting the two and we aré confidente that PES11 is better and the kind is back
Boomtown writes: "No rivalry in the world of gaming is fiercer than the one between competing football franchises. It almost mirrors the strength of feeling people have for their club. Crossing the divide to support another franchise is a relatively rare occurrence. There are two major derby matches in the football gaming calendar and they feature a bitter enmity which has built up over the last few years. The first is Pro Evolution versus FIFA and the second is Championship Manager versus Football Manager."