Can you pick up the World Cup? (Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3))

Member Name: paul88

Product:	Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
Date:	02/08/09 (32 review reads)
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Advantages: Become a Pro Mode

Disadvantages: Online Play

Pro Evolution has returned and there has been many changes to gameplay, with key additions to tactics change according to situation, off-the-ball fluency AI recognizing strategies that works accumulating data on an ongoing basis wiht all league modes.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 has new air resistance calculations for the trajectory of the ball to bring more realism to the game. There are also new friction routines to affect ball movement in terms of ground conditions, backspin routines are calculated so that ball slows accordingly, and the bounce of the ball can be used more effectively.

The biggest feature in the game is the introduction of Become a Pro Mode. This allows players to take control of a player when he is justed started his career and your aim is to improve his skills and one day make him the worlds best. This new feature is possibly the best mode in the game as it is very iddictive trying to get your player to move from the reserves of the lower league teams to playing for your country.

The Licensed Teams this year are -

AEK Athens
AIK
Anderlecht
Athletic Bilbao
Atlético Madrid
Basel
Benfica
Beşiktaş
Boca Juniors
Brøndby
Celtic
CFR Cluj
Club Brugge
Copenhagen
Deportivo La Coruña
Dinamo Zagreb
Dynamo Kyiv
Espanyol
FC Barcelona
Fenerbahçe
Galatasaray
Göteborg
Hammarby
HJK Helsinki
Internacional
Liverpool
Mallorca
Manchester United
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
Porto
Racing Santander
Rangers
Real Madrid
Real Valladolid
Red Star Belgrade
River Plate
Rosenborg
Sevilla
Shakhtar Donetsk
Slavia Prague
Spartak Moscow
Sporting CP
Standard Liège
Steaua Bucureşti
Villarreal
Zenit St. Petersburg


PES 2009 also has unlicensed teams in the Premiership, La Liga & Serie A.

The Following Nations are playable in 2009 -

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
England
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Hungary
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Senegal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
USA
Wales

A New Feature in the game was the licensed UEFA Champions League Mode that allows you to play as any team in the game to try to win the cup. This Feature is good because it has all the logos and the correct cup format but it should of been used in Master League Mode and not just a seperate mode. Master Mode itself has not changed much from the last game, it still has the same formats but it needs more content, Instead of having 4 leagues they should of had more.

The worst part of the game is the Online Play, even if you have a very fast internet connection you will still have games that are unplayable.

Summary: Good game but its weeknesses are its licensed content