Pro Evolution Soccer 6 on Xbox 360

Gareth Norman from Lincs, England , 01/11/2007

Been a fan of Pro Evo since the first one on the ps2 and was looking forward to playing this on my brand new xbox 360.

I put the disk in and was greeted by the usual crappy music found in every Pro Evo game, but we're not here for the music. As I do with any new footy game, I dived into an exhibition match. After about two minutes playing this, I realised that it was really slow, I mean REALLY slow. Why had Konami done this to a game known for its flowing football??? Were they trying to be more like Fifa?

There is also no ability to edit players and teams, which is pointless in a game that is not fully licensed. Online play stumbles along (which slows the gameplay down even more!)

I was bitterly dissapointed with this effort from Konami, because Pro Evo 5 was probably my favourite of the series. Lets hope Pro Evo 2008 is an improvement. Still better than Fifa though!

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Orion from England [Highly rated reviewer] , 30/01/2008

The worm will inevitably turn, they say; and so it is true with football games.

For many years, the FIFA franchise has been attempting to play catch up with the Pro Evo series. The Pro Evo games held their heads up high and triumphed on the PS2 and PSP, but with the 7th generation systems, it seems that the Pro Evo series seems content with fielding a reserve team that isn't worried about only scoring own goals.

Pro Evo 3 was the pinnacle of the series, and 3 incarnations later, things have failed to move on. To see the animation of the players is to witness robots running - literally, it is THAT bad.

The collision-detection is laughable and irritatingly bad - frequently the ball will ricochet off nothing, pinging around the pitch like a pinball, occasionally being passed by the robotic players. Furthermore, closer examination of replays will show how your players have scored have appararently connected with a ball that was nowhere near them.

Presentation is as usual, fantastically awful - the music is diabolical, the graphics haven't moved on since Pro Evo 3 (even the rubbish FIFA 06 had flowing kits), and the commentary is a ridiculous as ever (Trevor Brooking announced that 'either side can still win this match' - even though I was 11-0 up, and there were 2 minutes left to play!)

The Master League was a wonderful invention because it gave Pro Evo players something to do, and it almost resembled real football scheduling. But compared to FIFA, it seems stale, shallow and completely unsatisfying. There is no scouting, stat-tracking is so limited, that it's pointless, and the features that it does have are so insignificant, that they are hardly worth mentioning, or even bothering with in the game.

The Pro Evo series has apparently always been about the football and not the content or depth of its presentation, but sadly, this seems to have become just as stale as the rest of its tired old formula. Football games have moved on so far, and FIFA has made so many successful insurrections into Pro Evo's repertoire, that Pro Evo 6 now looks like an also-ran title, rather than the contender that it used to be. The games play like table football, and even with decent, human opponents, the sensation of actual football that we once cherished from the series has been lost thanks to comparisons to the far-superior FIFA series.

What it didn't have in terms of presentation, licensing, real competitions, proper leagues, decent commentary, graphics and animation - did not used to hurt Pro Evo. Now it looks as though Pro Evo has absolutely nothing to offer, and was only bought by fans of the series, too die-hard to admit that their once sterling striker has been firmly put to pasture by a far-superior international star.

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A customer from Lancashire, England , 16/04/2007

I am a massive fan of Konami's football games and have been playin them since the N64 and PS1. I was very much looking forward to the 'next gen' pro evo however was left very disappointed. This time around pro evolution is without many of its best features including the editor. Aswell the graphics are poor and there is no improvement in gameplay.

In conclusion this year i will be turning to fifa for my number 1 football game.

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Gareth Norman from Lincs, England , 01/11/2007

Been a fan of Pro Evo since the first one on the ps2 and was looking forward to playing this on my brand new xbox 360.

I put the disk in and was greeted by the usual crappy music found in every Pro Evo game, but we're not here for the music. As I do with any new footy game, I dived into an exhibition match. After about two minutes playing this, I realised that it was really slow, I mean REALLY slow. Why had Konami done this to a game known for its flowing football??? Were they trying to be more like Fifa?

There is also no ability to edit players and teams, which is pointless in a game that is not fully licensed. Online play stumbles along (which slows the gameplay down even more!)

I was bitterly dissapointed with this effort from Konami, because Pro Evo 5 was probably my favourite of the series. Lets hope Pro Evo 2008 is an improvement. Still better than Fifa though!

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Orion from England [Highly rated reviewer] , 30/01/2008

The worm will inevitably turn, they say; and so it is true with football games.

For many years, the FIFA franchise has been attempting to play catch up with the Pro Evo series. The Pro Evo games held their heads up high and triumphed on the PS2 and PSP, but with the 7th generation systems, it seems that the Pro Evo series seems content with fielding a reserve team that isn't worried about only scoring own goals.

Pro Evo 3 was the pinnacle of the series, and 3 incarnations later, things have failed to move on. To see the animation of the players is to witness robots running - literally, it is THAT bad.

The collision-detection is laughable and irritatingly bad - frequently the ball will ricochet off nothing, pinging around the pitch like a pinball, occasionally being passed by the robotic players. Furthermore, closer examination of replays will show how your players have scored have appararently connected with a ball that was nowhere near them.

Presentation is as usual, fantastically awful - the music is diabolical, the graphics haven't moved on since Pro Evo 3 (even the rubbish FIFA 06 had flowing kits), and the commentary is a ridiculous as ever (Trevor Brooking announced that 'either side can still win this match' - even though I was 11-0 up, and there were 2 minutes left to play!)

The Master League was a wonderful invention because it gave Pro Evo players something to do, and it almost resembled real football scheduling. But compared to FIFA, it seems stale, shallow and completely unsatisfying. There is no scouting, stat-tracking is so limited, that it's pointless, and the features that it does have are so insignificant, that they are hardly worth mentioning, or even bothering with in the game.

The Pro Evo series has apparently always been about the football and not the content or depth of its presentation, but sadly, this seems to have become just as stale as the rest of its tired old formula. Football games have moved on so far, and FIFA has made so many successful insurrections into Pro Evo's repertoire, that Pro Evo 6 now looks like an also-ran title, rather than the contender that it used to be. The games play like table football, and even with decent, human opponents, the sensation of actual football that we once cherished from the series has been lost thanks to comparisons to the far-superior FIFA series.

What it didn't have in terms of presentation, licensing, real competitions, proper leagues, decent commentary, graphics and animation - did not used to hurt Pro Evo. Now it looks as though Pro Evo has absolutely nothing to offer, and was only bought by fans of the series, too die-hard to admit that their once sterling striker has been firmly put to pasture by a far-superior international star.

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