After waiting for the 1.18GB demo to download from Xbox Live, my first thought was: "this isn't very good!". This is yet more proof that you should never jump to conclusions. After getting used to the strange first touch that players seem to take, Pro Evo 2009 is much, much better than last years version. It's still not incredible by any stretch of the imagination, but at the same time, after you play 4 or 5 games, and get back into it, it feels more like Pro Evo. The more you play it, the more you'll like it, don't give up after 1 game. After having less than convincing first thoughts, two hours later I'm still playing the demo....
They have gone back to basic's a little and the game is much more about thinking and finding a way through, like it used to be in the old days. It's difficult to outrun any one when you have the ball (even with Cristiano Ronaldo), so you've to really work for an opening....just like how it used to be..
The replays aren't as disgracefully slow from a framerate point of view as they were in 2008, but then again, they would still be categorised as slow. After a match (...after EVERY match..), you are forced to watch a ridiculously long video which demo's the "Become A Legend" mode, but this is okay the first time, because the mode does look absolutely unreal. It seems much better than FIFA's "Be A Pro" and that was pretty damn good!
The squad's seem to be out of date (Silvestre, Simpson, Saha, Dong, Campbell are all still at United), but one can only assume that they will have all the transfers up to the end of the transfer window in the final version (now confirmed here, there will be no squad update). I mean, it's not a big job to do it yourself, but it's incredibly annoying when it comes to online play where you are forced to use the default squads. Konami have also promised that there will be no lag online (well, at least not due to the actual game itself), which was an absolute shambles last year. I lived online with PES6, but I've played about 5 games online (if even!) on PES2008.
One major, major problem is the ease at which you can get sent off. First game i played, I got sent off for an innocent challenge, I go down the other end of the pitch, and Puyol gets himself sent off for nothing. Then next game, playing against Madrid, they have two players sent off, Marcelo, the left back for a nothing tackle wide on the right. Crazy. I then have a man sent off for a foul on the end of the box. 3 red cards for 3 slide tackles. Does Konami not see a problem with this?!
How does it compare to the FIFA 09 demo? Well they are pretty much like chalk and cheese. They are completely different games. Comparing them is pretty much pointless. There are NO comparisons, gameplay is different, sound is different, first touch is different, graphics are different. If you're a real football fan, then you should probably get both. If you're a hardcore or a reasonably loyal PES lover, then Pro Evo is obviously for you (It amazes me that no matter how bad PES2008 was, they will still maintain it was great and "much" better than FIFA'08), otherwise FIFA 09 is your game.
Release Dates:
FIFA 09: 03 October 2008 (EU)
Pro Evolution: 17 October 2008 (EU)
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