For me, it's not the fact that they've bodged the online (again), because the earlier games never had the mode implemented anyway. And I bet most of us probably wasted months, enjoying the juicy gameplay of earlier titles, with great extras which give you the incentive to carry on playing that little longer. Afterall, the amount of wallies you get online, means it's not an area I choose to dwell on anyway.
The biggest problem is that all of these little additions which contributed to making the game so wonderful, untucked shirts, snow and the ability to actually choose your kit (hardly rocket science) in master league matches, have all been removed. So what have we been given to fill the void? the option to scan photos. What they don't tell you is that it needs to be a particular camera, therefore for the average user, they're not gaining anything new.
Pro evo has always had complaints about it's lack of licensing, but it's never been a major concern due to the editing capabilities, now it seems they've also scratched that. I just can't help feeling that there is an empty hole in the centre of this game. I love the feel of the gameplay, but I just think they've gone backwards in terms of features.
I won't give it the "I've been playing since ISS deluxe" speech, but it's a shame that fans of the series haven't been rewarded with a great new game. They say you can't improve on perfection, but that certainly doesn't warrant any company to release a game as poor as pes2008.
Is it a ploy by Konami to reimplement such loved features in the next game, so that it appears they've improved on a mediocre title?. Either way, it's a risky game they're playing.
As far as I'm concerned, this game deserves the
and
treatment...
