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Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2) | 
 enlarge | From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £17.61
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 112
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: soccer-games
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 4012927121672
ASIN: B001DUAHCW
Release Date: October 31, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 9 to 11 days
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 This is the Ps2 remeber.... November 1, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The reason last years PES on Ps2 was so unsatisfyingly distasteful was the fact it was just PES 6 in a new box, given some lip gloss on the menus and music, re-jigged a few transfers and formations and the re-released. It hurt any long time PES Ps2 fan a lot, that the new features from the next gen versions were not added, the online mode had not been improved at all [it is so bad its nearly unplayable] and the commentary from Mark Lawrence sucked. This year though they have made a few changes. The dribbling is now similar to that of the Ps3/Xbox version. Players keep the ball a lot closer to their feet with higher dribbling stats, so jigging out of a tight situation is now more do-able than ever. Goalkeepers and defenders on Top Player are better. They mark much tighter, like that of the next gen versions, and the Keepers tend to flap the shots less than before. The Ps2 also gets the new Be a Legend mode too which is a welcome addition. Of course though, there is downsides aswell. The commentary is 95% identical to last year. The online mode has now been deleted completely. The Champions League mode is strangely absent. The unofficial kits all still look truly awful. And it also comes in a cheap nasty Ps2 box lol not the ones which can keep a memory card in too! But then, you have to weigh in the fact this is not a full price game. ie, 29.99 or more. You get what you pay for i say, and for the price you can't be dissapointed. PES is still fun to play, probably more fun on Ps2 than Ps3/360 [trust me, i got both versions ;)]
Where is Champions League? November 2, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
When the web page shows a video of PES 2009 in Champions League mode one would expect Champions League to be in the game. This is totally misleading amazon - shame on you!
The game is quite good - haven't mastered it fully yet. Four stars as the noise of the crowd and commentary are annoying.
 Early review - but worth reading November 1, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This looks like being the first review of the PS2 version of PES 2009 (I am too poor to afford a PS3). I will begin by saying the usual comment reviewers of PES make which is 'I have been a fan for years blah blah' which is true - my first copy was ISS Deluxe on the SNES back in 1995 (happy days) and have bought virtually every new incarnation of the series on its release date, such is my love for this game.
2009 is no different, even though 2008's game offered very little obvious exras or improvements over PES 6 I still ended up buying this year's game on its release date, hoping at least a few changes have been made. I have only managed to squeeze in a few games so far but initial thoughts: 'same old', i.e. gameplay very similar although the use of right analogue stick to perform the 'Marseille Spin' has now been changed to useing th D-pad (feels awakward to perfom). A big disappointment is the licensed boots do not feature in the game - feel let down by this.
In a nutshell - although its a 'relatively' cheap price at around 18 quid its still disappointing that not much effort has been put into the game for us loyal fans who have stuck with the game for years. I know I will still play it virtually every other day (hence 4 stars for fun rating) but would have been nice to have some new features added - doesn't even look like the champions league is featured on the PS2 version for a start. Ho-hum.
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 is still the best! November 1, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Up to some ten years ago, i was a follower of the EA Sport's FIFA Football franchise. That is until i decided to satisfy my idle curiousity and check out Konami's International Superstar Soccer Pro '98.
Needless to say that the difference in terms of game-play between the two was, at that time, vast. FIFA was as good as i had thought a football sim could be, with 6 to 10-0 scorelines being common - until i played ISS Pro '98!
ISS Pro '98 could rightly boast to be a true simulation of the beautiful game, because - certainly in comparison to FIFA - that was genuinely the way that it played. I was completely converted from the first few hours of playing it, and have bought each yearly installment/upgrade ever since, without the thought of entertaining the notion of even playing a FIFA game ever entering my head.
Throughout it's various incarnations on the the PS1 and PS2, i have eagerly awaited each yearly release with justifiably great expectations, and have never been disappointed - until i played Pro Evolution Soccer 2006.
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 was, in my own opinion, the peak of this long-running series, as it has somehow been moving in reverse gear ever since.
My first impression upon playing both PES 2006/2008, was that Konami appeared to be now trying to emulate the arcade-style of gameplay that has long been FIFA's trademark characteristic. Gone was the patient and tactical style of play that had long been it's unique and defining stand-out quality, replaced instead by an A.I. engine that was seemingly better suited to 'quick fix' style players. For some reason the balls also did not seem to bounce/move along the ground in the realistic manner that they did in PES 5 anymore, instead being more akin to kicking around a lead weight that at times felt as painful to watch as it surely would be to actually phsically do.
It was with some anxiety and apprehension then that i purchased Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. In my opinion, at least half of the many faults that were predominant throughout the previous two installments have been addressed. The game speed has rightfully been slowed back down and your CPU controlled players thankfully attempt to find space to run into once more.
However, this offers scant consolation considering that the some of the more disappointing factors that corrupted the previous two versions still remain - in particular the woefully suspect CPU defending and player tackling for the ball, and the almost superhuman ability of the CPU attacker to sometimes ghost through your defence and into a clear scoring opportunity - something which until PES 2006, was a FIFA-like cheapness that i had never associated with the mighty PES series.
I won't mention the licensing issue because no true follower of Konami's prized asset purchases a PES game merely for the cosmetic appearance of the product. In fact, it is this mammoth sized editing process associated with the title that has always made PES a more personal experience.
In summary, Konami's behemoth has been floundering for a few years now, and i regret to say that i believe they still have some considerable way to go so as in order to reach the heights of previous incarnations once more. A much needed breathe of life needs to be injected into this now stuttering franchise, because churning out what appear to be hurried and improperly nurtured upgrades like PES 2006, 2008 and now 2009, will not see it sustain.
For two years now, i have continued to purchase each new installment/upgrade of the Pro Evolution Soccer series and yet have sold it within a week, instead favouring to continue playing the far more fluid and realistic simulation of the beautiful game that is PES 5. I will be doing the same again this year.
another just average game November 7, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Major Flaws...
**You tab the shoot button and the ball just flys over the bar, there is no way of controlling where the ball is going.. you tap it very quickly and it just goes straigh into the keepers arms.. they have no ability to keep the ball on the floor..
**The offside rule still aplies if a player is offside but not involved in the play.
**The master leauge is good, you get to buy players and make the team better. But after the season after letting me buy a load of players and making my team good.. it just said. GAME OVER.. I thought the idea was to make your way to the top after a few seasons of buying players.. not just to end suddenly after the first season. Feel like you have waisted you time
**This game doesn't have the champions leauge on it when Amazon has placed the video on the description. You asume it has what the video shows, unless it says otherwise.. Which it doesn't.. False advertising, no?!
**The game needs to load alot, whenever a sub is made, which breaks up the flow of th game alot.
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