Pro Evolution Soccer 10 review

"I m a pes player"
"I m a fifa player"

Both of these are common phrases in the world of football gaming and over the years Pro Evolution Soccer has almost always come out on top, but since the new generation of consoles came out, Fifa has stolen the crown off of PES, the question is, can it retain that crown?

Well the answer is yes and by a 4-0 margin.

Fifa hasn't really changed much from last year, all EA have added is the new 360 degree movement of players, updated the manager mode, updated the teams and errr that's about it really.
Whereas PES has over gone a complete overhaul with vastly improved graphics, champions league compatibility in the much talked of master league and harder gameplay, but have these improvements made a difference? In short, no

You see, PES still suffers from the same problems from the last few years. The first is that you can still use "runners" This is a name given to a player such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Thierry Henry. Basically you can run down the wing with these players, take the ball past the defenders with such ease you wonder if they actually have been programmed to defend, cross the ball in and score. Simple. Despite Konami claiming they have stopped the "soft goals" and made it harder to score, they haven't. Just 22 seconds into the game i was playing and a ball from Messi on the right was shot at goal by Iniesta, Reina saved it but parried it straight to Henry, all i had to do was tap the ball in but Carragher looked like he d block the ball on the goal line but he didn't, he just let me walk the ball into the net. Far too easy

The master league doesn't grab my attention in anyway now like it used to, its gotten boring and needs an overhaul, the champions league was already in the game, just called the WEFA cup for licensing reasons so its nothing new.

OK the graphics have improved greatly but Fifa's are far better and they still have trouble in a 1080P setting.

Don't get me wrong, if you don't like Fifa then this is a perfectly good football sim, but its just lost its soul, its passion, its realism. That is what set it apart from Fifa back in its prime. Without it i have to say this.

I am now a Fifa player

Pros - Improved Graphics, simple, slick gameplay, improved tactical abilities

Cons - Addresses none of the flaws that all the previous next generation games had, Master league is still in need of a re-haul, too many soft goals

Overall : 6/10