A boxshot of PES 2008 for PC
Fig. 1. A boxshot of PES 2008 for PC.
Introduction to
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (abbreviated as PES 2008) is a soccer simulation game made by Konami. If you have any of the previous games played something similar, you may determine that the name change. Probably, the PES series now on through life with "Pro Evolution Soccer" followed by a year, as the competing Fifa football series. This indicates that Konami may be feeling the hot breath of Fifa in the back. A little note before I had already written a review late last year about PES 2008, but I was not very satisfied with the review. It was one of my first reviews and also my first review on a game. I realized that a game can not review everything and to tell what I was trying to do. In addition to the text and the way I wrote the review, I was not entirely happy about my feedback given. Perhaps this review is now a lot less relevant, but the previous review, I could not let that stand. So I removed the previous review and I have largely rewritten him, even just before the release of the next PES part as usual will take place in the autumn. Installation In case you find next to the game a short user manual. The installation is not too difficult and without problems. What's even more important is that you (actually before) equally to the minimum and recommended system requirements check. For those who want to know what those are, I have them as literally Packaging acquired:
System requirements (minimum)
Microsoft ® Windows ® XP
Intel ® Pentium ® IV 1.4GHz or equivalent processor
512 MB RAM
4.0GB free hard disk space
4X DVD-ROM drive
NVIDIA ® or ATI ® RadeonTM GeForceTM 3 8500 video card with 64MB VRAM DirectX 9.0c &
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
DirectX 9.0c or higher
4GB of free space on the hard disk
Online play via broadband
System requirements (recommended)
Microsoft ® Windows ® XP
Intel ® Pentium ® IV 3GHz or equivalent processor
512 MB RAM
8X DVD-ROM drive
NVIDIA ® or ATI ® RadeonTM GeForceTM 6800GT/GS x1600 graphics card with DirectX 9.0c & 256VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
DirectX 9.0c or higher
6.5GB of free space on the hard disk
Online play via a broadband Internet connection
Supported chipsets:
NVIDIA - GeForce 8800.8600, 8500, 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300, 7100, 6800, 6600, GeForce FX (5950, 5900, 5800, 5600, 5200), GeForce4 Ti, GeForce3.
ATI - Radeon HD, HD2400, X1950, X1900, X1800, X1650, X1600, X1050, X1550, x850, x800, x700, x300, 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500, 9200, 9000, 8500 No support for GeForce MX series Laptop versions of These cards May work but are NOT officially supported.
Different modes of
PES 2008, again like previous PES share several game modes. So you can just play a friendly contest with "Exhibition". The "League" you can with a club team playing football and "Cup" you can play a tournament with the national team. Then you have the "Master League" which is similar to the league yet only here you can also buy and sell players, the players and older players can grow well if the player is in decline skills older. The "Master League" is the main mode of play in offline single player. You can also play online with the "Network" mode, which I still will later on. Furthermore, you can be in the "Training" mode to practice your game skills and "Edit" customize everything like putting players names and players at another club. Then there is a "Gallery" where you include the "Replays" can view but also a lot of statistics can be seen as how long you've played. Finally, there's "System Settings" where you customize your controller settings, display settings, sound settings, and language. Gameplay The gameplay of PES was good and is still good, but it could be better. The game runs quite well. For example, the feeling of a cheating computer controlled opponent is still present, as PES players often say. However, it is not that this really is confirmed. Konami Personally I think that it is not so bad, but some game situations are sometimes a bit forced. So it seems as if the computer think he should have scored necessarily and then suddenly very, very good. An example of such a situation is that you do not really come to the ball that is also actually remains only on your half. This can be quite annoying in the situation that you almost the entire match dominated but have not yet scored and where the computer opponent is very well suddenly. Where I am personally much more worse is the many goals that fall out of a game. From the "Track Record" in the "Gallery" is I see that I currently have an average of 1.01 goals against per game and have had an average of 3.24 goals per game've made (on the hardest level Top Player). Results such as 3-1, 2-3 and 4-0 are so "normal" results. I personally find too many goals per game. It ensures that the realism that takes away the feeling of tension and also changed. By this I mean that when you are 3-0 in the first half, I advocate that you know that there are still goals to fall. However, as a side note here: you have to first be (quite) some experience with PES 2008 you would also notice this. If you've never played PES will therefore not really applicable. then the free kick. It's pretty hard to shoot. A free kick in a card in the target In my eyes little unrealistic, but it makes it a little strange that the computer controlled opponents they do, where you just can do about anything. The goalkeeper is in fact controlled automatically. I will, now I'm talking about the goalkeeper, which tell you more about the goalkeeper. His actions are reasonably realistic only sometimes he just let the ball very vague things like slip by hand shake. He seems totally working. Along with defenders So he sometimes comes out while there's still plenty of defenders standing. Conversely, it is also the case, the defender sometimes drove the ball hard while the goalkeeper could easily pick up the ball. further there are a reasonable number annoying in my opinion less well developed points in the game. So want a goalkeeper out when the pressure is in the penalty area sometimes get the ball but then grab wrong, however, this "think" the keeper if he has the ball but it is not. So he scribble slightly up and then realizes he does not have the ball, in my opinion this is a big bug in the game. This resul sometimes again in very wimpy goals, because you just do not have a keeper. Also the fact that you can bump into the funnel is annoying. Of course, it can also happen in real life, but it happens far too often in my opinion. The clash may also happen between other players, both between and within teams and often between players that are not on the ball. This often results in collisions silly turnovers, just shoot a missed opportunity or a problem in coverage. Am also in my opinion too quickly given yellow and red cards. Sliding making is not also advisable. The drop frame including at the repetition is annoying. With PS3 and Xbox 360 versions seems to be that if the pressure is sometimes there may also be of frame drops. Fortunately I have here during football does not really bother. much criticism is the gameplay not to mention just plain bad? I must say that this is a sampling of the downsides of the gameplay of PES 2008, there are more, but personally, the negatives that I have the most annoying content themselves. Besides negatives are also positives. Where numerous small positive extracting adjustments have been made. PES 2008 still gives me the feeling that you are playing a football game. The depth is there still. You have a lot of moves and tricks that you can perform with the animation often looks good. Many ways in which a goal or race may take place. The "Master League" has hardly changed since the last PES, but that you can still entertain so bad, at least I do, does not mean that it is very unfortunate that they are the "Master League" not improved and / or extended have . I'll just mention a few new features. Thus, there is now the possibility to adapt now. The number of players in the wall to Also, you can now select up to three players who come along to the fore in a corner or free kick. If you put pressure on the opponent, he will automatically pull on the shirt of the opponent (this does not have much influence, it is only a visual addition). Also is aware diving are now possible. Some features you will not use another as I have never seriously used the diving. It is perhaps somewhat difficult to articulate, but the gameplay is good but it could have been better.
Online
Online PES can provide a better replay value, but he does not in this part. Online was not good in the beginning, is now (after two patches) still do not always nice. The game is not smooth online regularly: players and the ball just jumps on the field. This makes the game not actually play online. That line does not go well with PES has often been on game sites and forums. In game magazines, Online can add much but Konami has not succeeded. Wanna play football online? I recommend this game do not, you will be disappointed. Hopefully Komani do better with the next part it. Picture and Sound The picture I do not really important at a football game yet this called in PES 2008. quite well Graphics has been clearly improved compared to the previous part. It is unfortunate that PES 2008 does what is hard at resolutions (selectable). So can only be selected between 4:3 resolutions, while 17 "and 19" all 5:4 resolutions (1280 x 1024) are. With the widescreen resolutions is the situation even worse, because they are not supported while there would be resolution with 16:9 ratio. Supposedly possible If that were true, is that also not done as smart as most widescreen TFT monitor for the PC have a resolution ratio of 16:10. You can finally solve the kitserver and use. Resolution patch from external parties Furthermore, you may suffer from frame drops as I have told you before. Fortunately, I have actually only in the scene when the players come on the field and in repetitions. During the football I did not really bother here. Additionally, there are players and / or their outfit is not displayed correctly. These are light gray / transparent-like. Players then seem like ghosts running across the field. The audience is slightly better than the previous part, but still not really pretty, but I really do not think it's real. How the players look like the actual player is varied, some look very different less. In addition, there are signs along the side like the real thing, but more than a little addition is not. Outside of the races has also undergone a graphical upgrade menu. It looks much better, but the user has not improved I think. Furthermore, the sound plays a minor role in PES 2008. The background music in the menus I turned. Not because it's so bad, but because I did not need it. Furthermore, sound field and sound public mention. Quite nice In contrast, the review reasonable. It is quite the same again. Furthermore, the biased commentator, he is always there for you, which I personally find somewhat remarkable. The comment is not so great, but if I turn it off for me, I miss feeling something. Therefore, I leave it to, but that's not because it sounds so great. The sound is enough to mention. replay value and price , the replay value is substantially achieved by the very moderate development of the online part down. There are even gamers who only buy one game for the online part. Which will therefore these PES particle what are disappointed. I can say of myself that I did not have such a hard time with it but it is a missed opportunity. I have now over 300 hours on the clock, and while I feel for me not finished. If you can entertain yourself with the offline part is it still has quite a high replay value, but the online part is definitely not where you should go buy this game. Pricing is reasonable depends on what do you think of the game. I think the game (despite all the criticism) pretty good and I (still) have fun with it and I have the 40 euros that I have to pay for it then all over. Now the game from 15 euros for sale. Whether that's worth more? The next part will already be out soon and this part still contains quite some downsides. It might be wiser just to wait until the next part.
Controls
have been about the same Control of PES in forever. The standard controls are fairly easy to learn, but especially the tricks and special moves are a bit spicier. If you want to get the most out of PES will definitely cost a few hours to get it mastered. In addition, the Piggy Backs guide can be a useful reference work. The guide that explain all movements, tricks and special moves, which even footage is. Furthermore, there are some more tips to get more from PES and also better at. For a pleasant way, I recommend a gamepad to control, at least for the PC version. This will make things easier because you can control the game. performance and stability In short, I think the performance, quality and stability of the game enough. When the performance is so that in my opinion is par for what some have asked. The system So I can not even play at the highest resolution while I clean to comply with the requirements. I have an example a Core 2 Duo (2.13GHz), 2GB of RAM and a Geforce 7900GS (256MB). I was with my Dell UltraSharp 1707FP up with a 1024 x 768 resolution games in which resolutions were still only in 4:3, because it selectable 16:9 resolutions were simply displayed as 4:3. Meanwhile, I have a 22 "widescreen TFT purchased ( Samsung SyncMaster 2243BW ) but PES 2008 does not properly support widescreen resolutions. With thrid parties programs I only normally play. widescreen resolution Moreover struggling play fairly with some bugs, however, fortunately this did not seek to major problems such as crashes or lockups. Yet it is not as it should be. Especially with the start I have some problems. In about half of the cases, the game crashes before it actually actually start. the task manager to close and start again, it often does well again. Similarly, the aforementioned "transparent" players during the game is really neat. Again real lockups during the game I do not have more than one experienced a few times, but still a satisfactory assessment. Conclusion PES 2008 is a soccer game that really could have been much better. There are quite a few errors and bugs in the game where the good points that late. less present Online is very modest to mention what a great loss it is. Other hand, it remains an entertaining football game offline, despite the negatives. The feeling of a football game, the depth, the so-called PES feeling is still there. A number of useful new features are nice, but major innovations are not there. The extensive track record, I find myself a nice addition, but it really adds nothing to a football game. PES 2008 is a pretty good football but with some downsides and online is very moderately developed.
Fig. 1. A boxshot of PES 2008 for PC.
Introduction to
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (abbreviated as PES 2008) is a soccer simulation game made by Konami. If you have any of the previous games played something similar, you may determine that the name change. Probably, the PES series now on through life with "Pro Evolution Soccer" followed by a year, as the competing Fifa football series. This indicates that Konami may be feeling the hot breath of Fifa in the back. A little note before I had already written a review late last year about PES 2008, but I was not very satisfied with the review. It was one of my first reviews and also my first review on a game. I realized that a game can not review everything and to tell what I was trying to do. In addition to the text and the way I wrote the review, I was not entirely happy about my feedback given. Perhaps this review is now a lot less relevant, but the previous review, I could not let that stand. So I removed the previous review and I have largely rewritten him, even just before the release of the next PES part as usual will take place in the autumn. Installation In case you find next to the game a short user manual. The installation is not too difficult and without problems. What's even more important is that you (actually before) equally to the minimum and recommended system requirements check. For those who want to know what those are, I have them as literally Packaging acquired:
System requirements (minimum)
Microsoft ® Windows ® XP
Intel ® Pentium ® IV 1.4GHz or equivalent processor
512 MB RAM
4.0GB free hard disk space
4X DVD-ROM drive
NVIDIA ® or ATI ® RadeonTM GeForceTM 3 8500 video card with 64MB VRAM DirectX 9.0c &
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
DirectX 9.0c or higher
4GB of free space on the hard disk
Online play via broadband
System requirements (recommended)
Microsoft ® Windows ® XP
Intel ® Pentium ® IV 3GHz or equivalent processor
512 MB RAM
8X DVD-ROM drive
NVIDIA ® or ATI ® RadeonTM GeForceTM 6800GT/GS x1600 graphics card with DirectX 9.0c & 256VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
DirectX 9.0c or higher
6.5GB of free space on the hard disk
Online play via a broadband Internet connection
Supported chipsets:
NVIDIA - GeForce 8800.8600, 8500, 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300, 7100, 6800, 6600, GeForce FX (5950, 5900, 5800, 5600, 5200), GeForce4 Ti, GeForce3.
ATI - Radeon HD, HD2400, X1950, X1900, X1800, X1650, X1600, X1050, X1550, x850, x800, x700, x300, 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500, 9200, 9000, 8500 No support for GeForce MX series Laptop versions of These cards May work but are NOT officially supported.
Different modes of
PES 2008, again like previous PES share several game modes. So you can just play a friendly contest with "Exhibition". The "League" you can with a club team playing football and "Cup" you can play a tournament with the national team. Then you have the "Master League" which is similar to the league yet only here you can also buy and sell players, the players and older players can grow well if the player is in decline skills older. The "Master League" is the main mode of play in offline single player. You can also play online with the "Network" mode, which I still will later on. Furthermore, you can be in the "Training" mode to practice your game skills and "Edit" customize everything like putting players names and players at another club. Then there is a "Gallery" where you include the "Replays" can view but also a lot of statistics can be seen as how long you've played. Finally, there's "System Settings" where you customize your controller settings, display settings, sound settings, and language. Gameplay The gameplay of PES was good and is still good, but it could be better. The game runs quite well. For example, the feeling of a cheating computer controlled opponent is still present, as PES players often say. However, it is not that this really is confirmed. Konami Personally I think that it is not so bad, but some game situations are sometimes a bit forced. So it seems as if the computer think he should have scored necessarily and then suddenly very, very good. An example of such a situation is that you do not really come to the ball that is also actually remains only on your half. This can be quite annoying in the situation that you almost the entire match dominated but have not yet scored and where the computer opponent is very well suddenly. Where I am personally much more worse is the many goals that fall out of a game. From the "Track Record" in the "Gallery" is I see that I currently have an average of 1.01 goals against per game and have had an average of 3.24 goals per game've made (on the hardest level Top Player). Results such as 3-1, 2-3 and 4-0 are so "normal" results. I personally find too many goals per game. It ensures that the realism that takes away the feeling of tension and also changed. By this I mean that when you are 3-0 in the first half, I advocate that you know that there are still goals to fall. However, as a side note here: you have to first be (quite) some experience with PES 2008 you would also notice this. If you've never played PES will therefore not really applicable. then the free kick. It's pretty hard to shoot. A free kick in a card in the target In my eyes little unrealistic, but it makes it a little strange that the computer controlled opponents they do, where you just can do about anything. The goalkeeper is in fact controlled automatically. I will, now I'm talking about the goalkeeper, which tell you more about the goalkeeper. His actions are reasonably realistic only sometimes he just let the ball very vague things like slip by hand shake. He seems totally working. Along with defenders So he sometimes comes out while there's still plenty of defenders standing. Conversely, it is also the case, the defender sometimes drove the ball hard while the goalkeeper could easily pick up the ball. further there are a reasonable number annoying in my opinion less well developed points in the game. So want a goalkeeper out when the pressure is in the penalty area sometimes get the ball but then grab wrong, however, this "think" the keeper if he has the ball but it is not. So he scribble slightly up and then realizes he does not have the ball, in my opinion this is a big bug in the game. This resul sometimes again in very wimpy goals, because you just do not have a keeper. Also the fact that you can bump into the funnel is annoying. Of course, it can also happen in real life, but it happens far too often in my opinion. The clash may also happen between other players, both between and within teams and often between players that are not on the ball. This often results in collisions silly turnovers, just shoot a missed opportunity or a problem in coverage. Am also in my opinion too quickly given yellow and red cards. Sliding making is not also advisable. The drop frame including at the repetition is annoying. With PS3 and Xbox 360 versions seems to be that if the pressure is sometimes there may also be of frame drops. Fortunately I have here during football does not really bother. much criticism is the gameplay not to mention just plain bad? I must say that this is a sampling of the downsides of the gameplay of PES 2008, there are more, but personally, the negatives that I have the most annoying content themselves. Besides negatives are also positives. Where numerous small positive extracting adjustments have been made. PES 2008 still gives me the feeling that you are playing a football game. The depth is there still. You have a lot of moves and tricks that you can perform with the animation often looks good. Many ways in which a goal or race may take place. The "Master League" has hardly changed since the last PES, but that you can still entertain so bad, at least I do, does not mean that it is very unfortunate that they are the "Master League" not improved and / or extended have . I'll just mention a few new features. Thus, there is now the possibility to adapt now. The number of players in the wall to Also, you can now select up to three players who come along to the fore in a corner or free kick. If you put pressure on the opponent, he will automatically pull on the shirt of the opponent (this does not have much influence, it is only a visual addition). Also is aware diving are now possible. Some features you will not use another as I have never seriously used the diving. It is perhaps somewhat difficult to articulate, but the gameplay is good but it could have been better.
Online
Online PES can provide a better replay value, but he does not in this part. Online was not good in the beginning, is now (after two patches) still do not always nice. The game is not smooth online regularly: players and the ball just jumps on the field. This makes the game not actually play online. That line does not go well with PES has often been on game sites and forums. In game magazines, Online can add much but Konami has not succeeded. Wanna play football online? I recommend this game do not, you will be disappointed. Hopefully Komani do better with the next part it. Picture and Sound The picture I do not really important at a football game yet this called in PES 2008. quite well Graphics has been clearly improved compared to the previous part. It is unfortunate that PES 2008 does what is hard at resolutions (selectable). So can only be selected between 4:3 resolutions, while 17 "and 19" all 5:4 resolutions (1280 x 1024) are. With the widescreen resolutions is the situation even worse, because they are not supported while there would be resolution with 16:9 ratio. Supposedly possible If that were true, is that also not done as smart as most widescreen TFT monitor for the PC have a resolution ratio of 16:10. You can finally solve the kitserver and use. Resolution patch from external parties Furthermore, you may suffer from frame drops as I have told you before. Fortunately, I have actually only in the scene when the players come on the field and in repetitions. During the football I did not really bother here. Additionally, there are players and / or their outfit is not displayed correctly. These are light gray / transparent-like. Players then seem like ghosts running across the field. The audience is slightly better than the previous part, but still not really pretty, but I really do not think it's real. How the players look like the actual player is varied, some look very different less. In addition, there are signs along the side like the real thing, but more than a little addition is not. Outside of the races has also undergone a graphical upgrade menu. It looks much better, but the user has not improved I think. Furthermore, the sound plays a minor role in PES 2008. The background music in the menus I turned. Not because it's so bad, but because I did not need it. Furthermore, sound field and sound public mention. Quite nice In contrast, the review reasonable. It is quite the same again. Furthermore, the biased commentator, he is always there for you, which I personally find somewhat remarkable. The comment is not so great, but if I turn it off for me, I miss feeling something. Therefore, I leave it to, but that's not because it sounds so great. The sound is enough to mention. replay value and price , the replay value is substantially achieved by the very moderate development of the online part down. There are even gamers who only buy one game for the online part. Which will therefore these PES particle what are disappointed. I can say of myself that I did not have such a hard time with it but it is a missed opportunity. I have now over 300 hours on the clock, and while I feel for me not finished. If you can entertain yourself with the offline part is it still has quite a high replay value, but the online part is definitely not where you should go buy this game. Pricing is reasonable depends on what do you think of the game. I think the game (despite all the criticism) pretty good and I (still) have fun with it and I have the 40 euros that I have to pay for it then all over. Now the game from 15 euros for sale. Whether that's worth more? The next part will already be out soon and this part still contains quite some downsides. It might be wiser just to wait until the next part.
Controls
have been about the same Control of PES in forever. The standard controls are fairly easy to learn, but especially the tricks and special moves are a bit spicier. If you want to get the most out of PES will definitely cost a few hours to get it mastered. In addition, the Piggy Backs guide can be a useful reference work. The guide that explain all movements, tricks and special moves, which even footage is. Furthermore, there are some more tips to get more from PES and also better at. For a pleasant way, I recommend a gamepad to control, at least for the PC version. This will make things easier because you can control the game. performance and stability In short, I think the performance, quality and stability of the game enough. When the performance is so that in my opinion is par for what some have asked. The system So I can not even play at the highest resolution while I clean to comply with the requirements. I have an example a Core 2 Duo (2.13GHz), 2GB of RAM and a Geforce 7900GS (256MB). I was with my Dell UltraSharp 1707FP up with a 1024 x 768 resolution games in which resolutions were still only in 4:3, because it selectable 16:9 resolutions were simply displayed as 4:3. Meanwhile, I have a 22 "widescreen TFT purchased ( Samsung SyncMaster 2243BW ) but PES 2008 does not properly support widescreen resolutions. With thrid parties programs I only normally play. widescreen resolution Moreover struggling play fairly with some bugs, however, fortunately this did not seek to major problems such as crashes or lockups. Yet it is not as it should be. Especially with the start I have some problems. In about half of the cases, the game crashes before it actually actually start. the task manager to close and start again, it often does well again. Similarly, the aforementioned "transparent" players during the game is really neat. Again real lockups during the game I do not have more than one experienced a few times, but still a satisfactory assessment. Conclusion PES 2008 is a soccer game that really could have been much better. There are quite a few errors and bugs in the game where the good points that late. less present Online is very modest to mention what a great loss it is. Other hand, it remains an entertaining football game offline, despite the negatives. The feeling of a football game, the depth, the so-called PES feeling is still there. A number of useful new features are nice, but major innovations are not there. The extensive track record, I find myself a nice addition, but it really adds nothing to a football game. PES 2008 is a pretty good football but with some downsides and online is very moderately developed.
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