yesimissyou
Non-League
- 2 November 2004
This is NOT a FIFA or PES sucks kinda thread so try to stay open minded...
Now with the Leipzig Games Convention a few days behind us, and while we've seen all the video's that are out there, examined each and every images and read every interview available on the mather of next-gen football. It's an interesting time that lays ahead of us. EA vs Konami, FIFA 07 up against Pro Evo 6 on the Xbox 360. About two months before release we're able to make a kind of "halftime" evaluation between these two massive games.
Everything has already been said on this forum from a gamers point of few so I'm not going in to that. At this point, when none of us has really played either games extensively were not really capable of making a final judgement. At this stage it's probably more interesting to let the developers speak through a couple of interviews they gave last week:
FIFA 07:
http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1712/FIFA-07-Soccer-Interview/p1/
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66848
Pro Evo 6:
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200608/N06.0826.1445.18789.htm
After reading what both sides had to say it is clear that EA and Konami are heading in a totaly different direction at this point. It's clear Konami is not fully focusing on next-gen just yet. When reading the Seabass interview it's almost like they're not in this project with their hearts. They rely heavily on the succes they have experienced on the current consoles. So much that they think the Japanes giant can win this round with only a little effort. There aren't any big improvements, gameplay is still the same, added a few animations and even the graphics (the easiest part for a developer as big as Konami to show your game is worthy of the "next-gen" title) fail to impress so it seems.
EA on the other hand really made an investment in next-gen football. Forming special development en R&D teams that are trying to jump to this next level in videofootballgaming. Maybe FIFA 07 still won't be able to win the hearts of every PES-fan this year, but the path they chose to follow sure does look interesting.
Of course a lot of us are going to get both games when they're released. But the big question is: what game will eventually stick in your console a few months later down the line? As a PES admirer I'm not sure this season. FIFA World Cup on the 360 wasn't that bad, and that didn't have all the stuff in it that FIFA 07 producer Hugues Ricour is talking about.
If Konami doesn't start to take this next-gen serious they really have to start looking behind them, EA is on their tail ready to overtake them.
Halftime score: EA 2 - Konami 0
To be continued...
Now with the Leipzig Games Convention a few days behind us, and while we've seen all the video's that are out there, examined each and every images and read every interview available on the mather of next-gen football. It's an interesting time that lays ahead of us. EA vs Konami, FIFA 07 up against Pro Evo 6 on the Xbox 360. About two months before release we're able to make a kind of "halftime" evaluation between these two massive games.
Everything has already been said on this forum from a gamers point of few so I'm not going in to that. At this point, when none of us has really played either games extensively were not really capable of making a final judgement. At this stage it's probably more interesting to let the developers speak through a couple of interviews they gave last week:
FIFA 07:
http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1712/FIFA-07-Soccer-Interview/p1/
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66848
Pro Evo 6:
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200608/N06.0826.1445.18789.htm
After reading what both sides had to say it is clear that EA and Konami are heading in a totaly different direction at this point. It's clear Konami is not fully focusing on next-gen just yet. When reading the Seabass interview it's almost like they're not in this project with their hearts. They rely heavily on the succes they have experienced on the current consoles. So much that they think the Japanes giant can win this round with only a little effort. There aren't any big improvements, gameplay is still the same, added a few animations and even the graphics (the easiest part for a developer as big as Konami to show your game is worthy of the "next-gen" title) fail to impress so it seems.
EA on the other hand really made an investment in next-gen football. Forming special development en R&D teams that are trying to jump to this next level in videofootballgaming. Maybe FIFA 07 still won't be able to win the hearts of every PES-fan this year, but the path they chose to follow sure does look interesting.
Of course a lot of us are going to get both games when they're released. But the big question is: what game will eventually stick in your console a few months later down the line? As a PES admirer I'm not sure this season. FIFA World Cup on the 360 wasn't that bad, and that didn't have all the stuff in it that FIFA 07 producer Hugues Ricour is talking about.
If Konami doesn't start to take this next-gen serious they really have to start looking behind them, EA is on their tail ready to overtake them.
Halftime score: EA 2 - Konami 0
To be continued...
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