Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (PS2)

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is absolutely fantastic. I was not very much into football at the time of this game's release but all my friends were eager beavers to get this game and i got this game by chance as one of my friends had two copies (the other was an unwanted present from other friends). This game is simply fantastic, it is the most realistic football game ever, much better than fifa; (i have previous fifa games like fifa 2003 and previous pro evo games like pro evo 2) 1) Fifa have different controls, O is shoot etc However Fifa games give the players more skill and if you want an easy game fifa is good as its really easy to score - automatic ...  Read the complete review

This was the first game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series that i bought following on from being a Fifa Football player. The game is much like the other games in the series, with cup, league and Master League modes all available. The game graphics and gameplay are a lot better for this game than they are for the Fifa games as there is a lot more fluidity to the game. However, the ball tends to stick to players boots more whilst dribbling, which makes your players dribble easy but tackling can be quite difficult. What i like about this version is the old, retired players that you can bring back to life in the Master League mode. Playing with ...  Read the complete review

Once upon a time in the lands of gaming (or to be more precise, the early nineties), there was a wonderful football game called Sensible Soccer, which occupied many a console and many a gamers heart. But time waits for no game, and when FIFA first appeared in 1994 with such incredible concepts as ‘real team names’ and something called ‘the offside rule’, Sensi Soccer began to look a little… well, simple. Fast-forward a decade to 2004. FIFA has been occupying gamers consoles (if not their hearts) for ten years, always coming out as the top-seller each Christmas (except for 2000 and the unfeasible popularity of the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cash-cow). But ...  Read the complete review

Please note that my review and rating does not take into account the multiplayer aspect of this game. My first thoughts of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 were that it was perhaps too similar to the previous effort to have warranted me buying it in new condition. However with time the game came good, establishing itself as a first choice at the expense of PES 3. The balance and willingness to play attacking football meant that this was one lineup I'll remember. Yet it didn't have all the familiar names (FIFA did!), there is the Edit Mode to make amends. The Master League is revamped, so that the players develop over time which is neat. I do miss the ...  Read the complete review

Since this game was released there have been 2 more Pro Evo's come out however although each one has been more complicated and in depth than it's predecessor each one has got gradually less fun. Pro Evo 4 (PE4) I believe is still used in competitions to this day as it is very easy to pick up and very hard to put down. I had previously owned PE2, and having previously been a FIFA man for about 10 years I was slightly sceptical about the game. However I really enjoyed that one and when I started playing PE5 with my friends I realised I still enjoyed it so went out and got PE4 (pre-owned) for £3.99. Shortly after we had devolved to PE4 as it was so much easier ...  Read the complete review