Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

 PlayStation 3
User Score
6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 55
  3. Negative: 12 out of 55
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  1. LukeR
    Apr 1, 2008
    0
    Worst revision yet, the most broken of the series. Basically pick the team with the fastest players and you can't lose. In this game speed>>all. Online is a joke. Very dissapointing and the sad thing about all of this is the PS2 version is still the premier version to play....Avoid this game at all costs
  2. MichaelHarden
    Nov 12, 2007
    4
    probably worth a six but i gave it a four just because i feel so jipped. What was once a near perfect simulation of football on the ps2 and pc, is now a choppy rough half finished excuse of a game that only wants your money. The ps3 is ment to be next generation! unbelievable.
  3. FelixC
    Jul 31, 2008
    4
    It seems good at first, but once you get into it it's just infuriatingly inconsistent. One game your defence will be rock-solid and you'll score three goals, then the next game your defence will get cut through like water by terrible teams making runs from their own half, dodging all your attempts to get the ball (and pointing out the most glaring flaw, that player teams haveIt seems good at first, but once you get into it it's just infuriatingly inconsistent. One game your defence will be rock-solid and you'll score three goals, then the next game your defence will get cut through like water by terrible teams making runs from their own half, dodging all your attempts to get the ball (and pointing out the most glaring flaw, that player teams have terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE defensive AI), and then score from a place on the field that you can never score from yourself. Your players don't behave like real soccer players. More often than not, short passes go in the opposite direction to where you are trying to aim, or they will pass halfway down the field into the waiting defence rather than to the wide open man right beside them. Forwards NEVER match winger runs to the corners, and so are never in a position to receive crosses - which is good, because the defence never has them marked anyway. Just a few examples of the awful AI in PES2008.

    In short, the game is extremely flawed. The mechanics themselves are solid most of the time, but the AI is terrible enough that I hardly ever get through more than a game or two without getting mad at the game for just how irrational the events on-screen are.    … Expand

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#69 Best PS3 Game of 2008
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#49 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2008

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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. PSM3 Magazine UK
    86
    A backward step in some ways. But it's still PES, and so remains horrifyingly addictive. [Dec 2007, p.62]
  2. GameSpot
    60
    Konami's first Pro Evolution Soccer game for the PS3 plays well but suffers from noticeable slowdown and feels somewhat unfinished.
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  3. Play UK
    70
    PES 2008 stumbles, rather than sprints onto the PS3, leaving us with the first Pro Evo game that falls short of the FIFA franchise. We expected a revolutionised football title that'd set the series back on course, but this is just shameful. [Issue#159, p.78]
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