Beatts... The PS3 may have raw power but when it comes to running games ported across from other platforms it struggles as I mentioned in the past (as my alter ego djdoc). Anyways console wars besides. I was fortunate enough to have a bash at PES2008 on the PS3 last night in Bristol Cribbs Causeway at a Virgin Megastore. Lots of people were crowded around me asking me lots of questions about the game and also if id played FIFA Next Gen and what I thought of them both... So anyway I thought id post a summary of my thoughts and what was going on.
I had a quick match as Man United against Chelsea and the 1st thing I noticed was how slow the game was compared to the Steroids Xbox Live Demo we had.... The game also felt as if it had taken a step backwards from PES 4, 5 and to some degree the awful 6 on Xbox 360. Control was good, I felt as if I could actually play a decent game and the AI did seem to be pretty intelligent as I ran through the middle using Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney made some fantastic movement and I played him a quick through ball and he did the rest! It still has that feeling that FIFA doesnt give you as its always had. What didnt impress me though was the SUPER SLOW replays.. What are they all about? This is Next Gen and a Power House of a PS3 so why so much slowdown? This was apparent when I made a sliding Challenge by Paul Scholes on Wright-Phillips and the ref gave me a straight red! I think the ref is a bit over strict from what I have seen, I made a reasonable challenge with Vidic and he also got a straight red!
Edit Mode, I had a quick look to see what we could do and my god what have they done? all the options we had previously appear to have been taken away or at least Hidden to start with, its all a bit of a mess IMO. Also for the PS3 version you have to use a Camera to scan in all your pictures for Face Mapping or Kit Chest Logos.... how an earth do you do that? could I plug in my Decent Quality Olympus Digital camera or does it have to be a webcam with shitty quality?
Then questions started being asked by the several people who had gathered around me.... "What does it feel like?" Good I thought if a bit backwards from previous releases. "Is it better than FIFA". Some aspects of the gameplay feel a bit better than FIFA and you still get that great feeling of scoring a goal after working some neat interplay beforehand! "Which version should I get?" Well that depends really, If you arent bothered about the lack of authenticity of the licenses and you want good online play get the 360 version. "Is there any difference with the versions of the game that you know of?" Well besides the PS2 to PS3/360/PC differences ie the PS2 version not being next gen I dont believe there is with the exception of the fact that more editing and patching is possible for the PC version.
It went on!!!! and on!!!! "Do you think the game looks awful on that supposedly good Sony Bravia 42 HD LCD?" Yep my LG 50" HD Plasma made the demo on 360 look 10 times better than this... my eyes are almost bleeding looking at all these jaggies and pixelation!
Sorry to write such a huge essay but thought id let you guys know what I thought of the FINAL version
I think I might have to get the PC version due to the crappy use a Webcam to take photos for editing and the fact that Kitserver will fix all our licensing issues!
