Fifa 10 vs PES 2010
Well since the wolfenstein beta has been "released" and crossfire has been flocking with journals about the game tipped to become a hit, I've got another related game news for you gamers.The biggest showdown of the new footie season is nearly upon us. Not the Premier League, but FIFA v Pro Evo. Anyone who has ever pressed the "on" button on a video game console knows what I'm talking about.
Pro Evo slackened off, made some schoolboy errors and, bang, Fifa performed a nutmeg here and a stepover there and before you know it they were 2-0 up.
Getting a Pro Evo lover and a Fifa football devotee in the same room isn't dissimilar to getting a Rangers and Celtic fan together, or in some more severe cases, an Israeli cabinet member and a Hamas honcho.
They disagree on how a footie game should be played. And it's not a trivial thing because football games are big business. Last year Fifa 09 sold ten million copies around the world.
To put some perspective on that, Coldplay, probably the biggest band in the world, have sold eight million copies of their last album.
Pro Evo notched up millions - it was a way behind but not bad going.
This is a big year for both . . . so STFU and take a good look at them ahead of their October releases.
FIFA 10
Multiple angles ... great for talented players
How do you improve on such a majestic experience as FIFA 09? It's a tough call.
EA has gone about as far as they can with licenses, graphics and commentary, so this year they are overhauling the controls.
Football games have always let you run in eight directions, up, down, left, right and the diagonals. Not this year.
EA have created a system where you can now run in 360 different directions. Every possible angle has been mapped so you can make any run and play any ball.
It's disconcerting to start with but the more you play the more natural it becomes.
Very talented players will thrive, duffers will be punished.
Players also accelerate to their most effective speed and position themselves properly for headers and volleys to optimise shooting.
As long as EA maintain their adequate servers, the advantage is with them.
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010
On the ball...PES
Pro Evo's biggest problem for the last four years has been their horrendous online problems.
Anyone who has tried to play a friend over the net since Thierry Henry graced the cover of Pro Evo 4 back in 2004 may as well have been using a Spectrum 48k. It has been terribly laggy.
But this year they have promised to assemble a dedicated team in Japan to look after making sure games run smoothly. And the best news is they are dumping Konami servers and handing over power to Sony & Microsoft. A wise choice.
Elsewhere, Pro Evo is looking tasty - graphics are amazing and almost photo-quality.
The pace has been slowed considerably, a good thing, to make the game more realistic.
New additions to the Master League mean a deeper, longer-lasting experience and new power gauges in game let you set out exactly your attacking and defensive stances.
Offline, it still plays a cracking game, arguably better than Fifa. But Konami's big challenge is online. It's simple, get it sorted and you can win back your crown.
Well since the wolfenstein beta has been "released" and crossfire has been flocking with journals about the game tipped to become a hit, I've got another related game news for you gamers.The biggest showdown of the new footie season is nearly upon us. Not the Premier League, but FIFA v Pro Evo. Anyone who has ever pressed the "on" button on a video game console knows what I'm talking about.
Pro Evo slackened off, made some schoolboy errors and, bang, Fifa performed a nutmeg here and a stepover there and before you know it they were 2-0 up.
Getting a Pro Evo lover and a Fifa football devotee in the same room isn't dissimilar to getting a Rangers and Celtic fan together, or in some more severe cases, an Israeli cabinet member and a Hamas honcho.
They disagree on how a footie game should be played. And it's not a trivial thing because football games are big business. Last year Fifa 09 sold ten million copies around the world.
To put some perspective on that, Coldplay, probably the biggest band in the world, have sold eight million copies of their last album.
Pro Evo notched up millions - it was a way behind but not bad going.
This is a big year for both . . . so STFU and take a good look at them ahead of their October releases.
FIFA 10
Multiple angles ... great for talented players
How do you improve on such a majestic experience as FIFA 09? It's a tough call.
EA has gone about as far as they can with licenses, graphics and commentary, so this year they are overhauling the controls.
Football games have always let you run in eight directions, up, down, left, right and the diagonals. Not this year.
EA have created a system where you can now run in 360 different directions. Every possible angle has been mapped so you can make any run and play any ball.
It's disconcerting to start with but the more you play the more natural it becomes.
Very talented players will thrive, duffers will be punished.
Players also accelerate to their most effective speed and position themselves properly for headers and volleys to optimise shooting.
As long as EA maintain their adequate servers, the advantage is with them.
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010
On the ball...PES
Pro Evo's biggest problem for the last four years has been their horrendous online problems.
Anyone who has tried to play a friend over the net since Thierry Henry graced the cover of Pro Evo 4 back in 2004 may as well have been using a Spectrum 48k. It has been terribly laggy.
But this year they have promised to assemble a dedicated team in Japan to look after making sure games run smoothly. And the best news is they are dumping Konami servers and handing over power to Sony & Microsoft. A wise choice.
Elsewhere, Pro Evo is looking tasty - graphics are amazing and almost photo-quality.
The pace has been slowed considerably, a good thing, to make the game more realistic.
New additions to the Master League mean a deeper, longer-lasting experience and new power gauges in game let you set out exactly your attacking and defensive stances.
Offline, it still plays a cracking game, arguably better than Fifa. But Konami's big challenge is online. It's simple, get it sorted and you can win back your crown.
