Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2)

really good put yourself in the game on became a legend, where you make a player and become it and you can score goals and take your team to the top and moving 2 lots of diffrent clubs. but overall the game is 10 out of 10 young childern will love it. my child is 12 and he plays on it evrey day.

I am a latecomer on Pro Evo, being a Fifa fan for years. What made me change my mind was PES 5, a masterpiece of a football game which came at the right time, when Fifa's already low standards for in-game reality were declining even more. The following year brought my favorite of all football games in PES 6. I still play that one a lot and my master league is around 2019 now. PES 2008 came out with the first signs of trouble, Konami was trying to get closer to Fifa, maybe to try and sell as much as them, but for that they compromised on quality. PES 2008 was a total disappointment. 2009 came out and immediately I could see improvement, specially with the speed of the game and a few features. On the PS2, the biggest let down is the Champions League feature missing. The action on the game has kept the annoying super human skills on the CPU controlled players, specially when it comes to defense and their ability to become The Flash and get to the ball before you, even if you're controlling Messi. Also, since 2008 the difference in between Amateur and Regular has gaped and one is too easy and the other too hard for those wanting to have some fun with a normal challenge. Beating top teams in regular has become like a trip to the gym, you sweat and you hurt and you might get a draw. Now, the reason for my 3 stars for the game and 5 for the fun is the Become a Legend feature. I think we all agree is the most addictive football gameplay ever, to put ourselves out there as a young player and conquer the world of football, mainly by yourself. All in all, another disappointing but fun addition to the PES of late. Great to play online or with friends.

The price pretty much sums it up. This is a fairly solid incarnation of the series bearing in mind most of Konami's efforts are going into the Next-Gen versions. The 'Become a Legend' mode is a nice idea but (as anyone who's played as 'fixed' on the old PESs while the comp controls the rest of the team)has very slow gameplay and frustrating as the AI doesn't learn how you like to play and often does irritating things like giving the ball away cheaply from a pass and wandering into opposition players with the ball at their feet. Ultimately though if you want a footy game for when the boys (or girls) come round and don't want to/can't fork out for an Xbox 360 or PS3 then this is more than adequate and capable of filling hours with multiplayer fun. If you don't have any friends though then it'll end up on your shelf pretty quick!

When the web page shows a video of PES 2009 in Champions League mode one would expect Champions League to be in the game. This is totally misleading amazon - shame on you! The game is quite good - haven't mastered it fully yet. Four stars as the noise of the crowd and commentary are annoying.

I think the last Pro Evo I played was 4 maybe 5 and it was good for gameplay at the time but poor graphics and the players looked nothing like in real life. Compared to Fifa it was rubbish in graphics but better for gameplay. I seen this and decided to buy it just to see how much it had improved over the years. It hasn't changed one bit!

PES 5 AND 6 for me, still. They've never been bettered in my opinion

The graphic is excellent and is quite easy to learn how to play. When you start playing you just want to play more ! It is my favorite game

Konami have now been using the same game engine for 7 years and given that 1 year is a long time in the world of hi-tech you probably have some idea of how outdated this game now is.Konami have tried everything over the years to avoid actually spending out on a total revamp:marking so tight your players couldn't turn, levelling out of players abilities so that every cpu player's as talented as the world's best players etec,etc,etc. I'm still playing 6 occasionally in which the cpu players execute more sliding tackles from behind in one game than most teams get away with in a season.13 seasons into the master league and iI think the refs have issued 2 red cards to the opposition.It's okay until the cpu players turn on their super powers and then my team's usually stuffed.Same thing here.Nothing's changed.If you're playing the master league your team can't tackle or head the ball and the goalkeepers can't catch it.The pitch is too small and the cpu players too fast, which means they can attack with 9 men and defend with 9 and have 10 in midfield and the goalkeepers are too big.That's why it's difficult to score,not because it's tactically brilliant.They can also dribble from way inside their own half avoiding your pathetic attempts at tackling. And despite all that I still finish every season in the top 3.Boring. Surely Konami must realise that a very large proportion of people buy this for the master league and it's just boringly predictable now. The opposition teams never let their heads drop whatever the score - 6-0 up and a chance for you to put on some young players for a bit of experience with time to stroke it around a little, no chance.The opposition keeps on playing like it's 1-0 and all to play for.Boring. How about the second leg of a cup game?You're 2-0 down and playing at home. 6 minutes in a cpu defender clatters your forward from behind and off he goes injured. No red, not even a yellow.2 minutes later they score. You now need to score 5 goals. And by half time you've had 10 shots saved and are goalless,but they're now 2-0 up again,meaning you need 7 in the second half.I mean, what is the point?It's not accurate,it's not fun and it's not entertaining.It's just irritating.I haven't bought this game new since pes 4 and I after renting this I won't be buying this new either and maybe,like 2008, not at all.