Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 | 
| From: Konami
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 968
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports and Outdoors Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 30066
UPC: 083717300663
EAN: 0083717300663
ASIN: B0011WMILU
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: NEW IN FACTORY SEALED PACKAGE
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| Features:
| • | Improved long-range and close-range ball control, passing, and player-specific moves | | • | Master League and Cup modes are built up even better than last year s game | | • | New teams like club favorites Spurs, Newcastle, Anderlecht, and Basel | | • | Play 1-on-1 online matches in epic stadiums such as Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, home of Real Madrid | | • | Proprietary AI system TeamVision offering the most intelligent competition available |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Enough problems to hurt an otherwise great game! March 17, 2008
B. Pevarski (Atlanta, GA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After reading numerous reviews on the UK/AUS version over the past few months I was skeptical about this year's Winning Eleven/Pro Evo game. After playing it I can see where the criticism comes from. While the gameplay is still top notch, the replays are fairly choppy. I can't understand how they didn't fix this problem, seeing as how its not a internet connection dependent problem such as online play (which has also been barely playable at best on a cable internet connection). Hopefully updates will fix these problems but for the time being I'll just have to deal with it. I'd still recommend buying the game if you enjoy the PES/WE series, but might wait to see if they can resolve issues with choppiness.
 Most disappointed PES ever March 25, 2008
kz_evo (los angeles, ca usa)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a PES die hard fan since winning eleven 6, but PES 08's online play is really very absolutely HORRIBLE, how can Konami makes this one's online play worse than PES 07. If you enjoy offline play, this is the one for you, but if you prefer online play, AVOID it and save your $ for PES 09 (hopefully they will make next one better). Despite online play, this game will be worth 4.5 star.
Still work to do... March 20, 2008
R. Conover (St. Paul, MN)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pro Evo 08 is better than 07, but Konami still has a lot of work to do. The gameplay is more realistic and discourages straight-up speed-soccer, which I like. The animations and player characters are much more realistic and detailed. They've re-instated the replay save feature and the jersey/team mod feature, which should have never been taken away in the first place. The Master League is more fleshed out and detailed as well.
One gripe, which is likely out of Konami's control, is the licensing aspect. I don't want to play as the German national squad and score a goal with a Schweinsteiger clone named "Slinslizel". I'm happy that Newcastle and Tottenham made it, but -zip- there goes Man U and Arsenal. I want more arenas. I keep hearing that this is one of the, if not THE, top soccer/football games purchased and played on the planet. I wish Konami would use the bank they make off the series to muscle into some licensing.
I played my first game on Xbox Live yesterday against my friend yesterday and encountered the worst lag/glitchy play I've seen since... hell, I don't know when. Shevchenko was bringing the ball top-left of the box. I advanced with Maldini and took the ball from him. As I was exiting the box, the ball completely disappeared from my screen and reappeared in the back of the net. My friend was yelling 'goal' through his mic. I explained that I took the ball and there was a glitch, but he didn't see any of it. Stuff like this happened throughout the 1.8 games we played, before he got booted from his connection (note - we both have solid connections). How the %@#$ am I supposed to play when the ball disappears and reappears at random intervals? In '07, when there was lag the entire game would slow down, which was annoying, but at least you could discern where the ball and your players were located on the field. In '08 when there's lag, the speed stays the same, but the animations disappear and the ball zips around like a hummingbird. That's completely ridiculous.
It's still PES and it's still a great game, but don't try to "play" it on Live. I'll be playing the Master League and Cups and physically hanging out with my friends in person to play multiplayer.
Same old PES/Winning11 with known issues March 24, 2008
T. Chen (eastcoast USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been playing winning11 since 4 years ago on PS2 and it's by far the best soccer game out there. I've tried playing the newer versions of Fifa and they hav improved a lot since the old Fifa days but it's still no match for PES/WE11.
In PES2008, you can expect the same buttons, gameplay, shots, passes, goalkeeping (still easy to score if u do lob shot) and dribbling. There are a few more "tricks" you can do with dribbling but they are not changing the overall aspect of the game. The gameplay is still nicely linked and does not feel much different from older versions.
The biggest issues with PES2008 is the frame rate issues on the replay which is one of my fav. parts of older vers of PES/WE11. But now the replays are choppy and impossible to enjoy after you score a goal.
Playing on Live is horrible. The lag is unbearable and you can't play a game without balls disappearing left and right. Online playing is just not possible and fun at this point.
 The best so far... April 28, 2008
Rachel Darr (Atlanta, GA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After I saw most of the reviews for this game i was pretty sure that I wouldnt buy it. But I did anyway because the PES series have always been good. At first, I felt like throwing this thing outta window, but as time went by I got used to it. Then, I started noticing the substantial improvement it had from the last version. Here are the pros e cons about the gameplay. I figure you guys probably know that it is still lacking the real names for many englsih clubs and the german league. So I am only gonna talk about the gameplay:
cons:
1 - lags a lot in xbox live...because it requires more broadband capability...if 2 ppl tha thave good internet connection play it wont happen...
2 - Aesthtically speaking the game is a bit worse too...the image of the players runnig is a little funky and the player's arms are way too big for them
3 - the referee's whistle is annoying...
pros:
1 - much more realistic ...it is harder to go around and dribble everyone from the oppositie team
2 - the shots are better directed
3 - the overall representation of player's quality is better...
4 - the section on tactics and formation are better represented in the field
Overall, this game is still very good and I dont even touch my 2007 anymore...i might take some time but it is gonna feel as good as the previous...If they keep the same idea for the 2009 version with the arrangements that they already know they have to do it will be the best footbal game ever!
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