Originally Posted by Chi
I played PES2008 in HMV today! It was the demo version, first day in HMV. Played it loads today, I played it on the xbox360 and omg it was good. I hated the PES6 on xbox360 but loved it this time round imagine it on the PS3 Cant wait.
The first thing I noticed about this version was the passing and dribbling, the passing was slick and movement was great - takes much more accuracy to pass the ball; it feels so much more realistic. The dribbling was very nice, its harder to dribble as in my opinion it was slower than PES6 so it was hard to get use to.
They fixed up the L1 through balls in this version, they are much more accurate in this version than in PES6 but one thing I saw that was quite a let down was the strength of the through balls and shots, they were suprisingly weak at times but Im sure that will be fixed when the completed version comes out.
The AI seems much better in this version to, I was playing with Argentina and I gave the ball away with Henize and he just started going mad because he gave the ball away There is a lines man in this game too and the referee was a good addition.
Other new things that I discovered and tried was Ronaldo's cut in skills The fake shot while without changing direction And the of course the legendary diving!!!! I was laughing so much when I was diving with everyone, the referee wasnt having none of it he just dished out yellow to everyone that dived but I got away with ONE dive out of like 20. I like the addition of diving as it adds realism to the game, its part of football (I dont think there is an option to turn it off). The dive buttons are L1+L2+R1
Overall it was a very very very good game and I cant wait till this comes out!
Off PES-FAN.
He seemed to of played it. Sounds good
That looks promising..
