Skybird
03-03-10, 11:09 AM
I admit occasionally I still like to play a decent team sport simulation, or sports in general. Every once in a while I reactivate my copy of Top Spin (1) despite some things that kill my nerves in it, and I would love to have a decent ice hockey simulation or basketball, the problem is for PC there are none. the only team sport that seems to get decent simulated representations, is football (soccer for our US fans).
There are two lineages. Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami, and FIFA by Electronic Arts.
I played one or two FIFA titles 8 or 10 years ago, plus the special WC edition for - 2002, I think. I also played PES 3, 4, 6, getting the titles for cheap money and second hand - after all, this genre is no priority gaming for me.
I always considered PES to be superior. It was more a simulation, while FIFA always seemed to be more a hectic arcade game. Sometimes the replays made me believe to watch a TV live coverage of real things going on.
However, there always were some things that kept me from staying with PES for a longer time. From the referees over bad goalie AI and harsh differences between difficulty levels, to certain characteristics of player handling, especially in defensive game situations.
It'S been a long time I tried my last PES match with version 6. However, I ordered a very cheap copy of PES 2009 now, for less than 5 Euros (that was the reason why I did). I read the game gets attacked for being "too slow". I assume that is exactly what I could like, I do not want a hectic arcade game, I want a reasonably paced simulation.
However, on German Amazon site, and others, I read that for the 2010 versions of both titles, many people seem to think that for the first time ever, FIFA has surpassed PES in it'S very own typical characteristics, making it the one football simulation that actually is better paced, more realistic and less action-orentied, than any earlier title. They say that FIFA 2010 has taken command of all the characteristics that in earlier years made PES the better football simulation, and that it has the better gameplay now.
Your opinions on this old debate PES-vs-FIFA ?
There are two lineages. Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami, and FIFA by Electronic Arts.
I played one or two FIFA titles 8 or 10 years ago, plus the special WC edition for - 2002, I think. I also played PES 3, 4, 6, getting the titles for cheap money and second hand - after all, this genre is no priority gaming for me.
I always considered PES to be superior. It was more a simulation, while FIFA always seemed to be more a hectic arcade game. Sometimes the replays made me believe to watch a TV live coverage of real things going on.
However, there always were some things that kept me from staying with PES for a longer time. From the referees over bad goalie AI and harsh differences between difficulty levels, to certain characteristics of player handling, especially in defensive game situations.
It'S been a long time I tried my last PES match with version 6. However, I ordered a very cheap copy of PES 2009 now, for less than 5 Euros (that was the reason why I did). I read the game gets attacked for being "too slow". I assume that is exactly what I could like, I do not want a hectic arcade game, I want a reasonably paced simulation.
However, on German Amazon site, and others, I read that for the 2010 versions of both titles, many people seem to think that for the first time ever, FIFA has surpassed PES in it'S very own typical characteristics, making it the one football simulation that actually is better paced, more realistic and less action-orentied, than any earlier title. They say that FIFA 2010 has taken command of all the characteristics that in earlier years made PES the better football simulation, and that it has the better gameplay now.
Your opinions on this old debate PES-vs-FIFA ?