Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (PS2)

...new kid on the block, Pro Evolution Soccer, with such amazing concepts as 'hyper intelligent A.I.' and 'more real than real-life gameplay' and FIFA began to look a little… well, dated. Of course, Pro Evolution Soccer was by no means an overnight success - the series did in fact begin as I.S.S. back on the Super Nintendo. Indeed, if you take into account that the series has adopted more names than Prince down the years (I.S.S. Pro, I.S.S. Pro Evolution, ...
...10 years. But it was Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (PES4), the subject of this review, that was the first version of Konami's acclaimed football dynasty to actually outsell EA's normally-untouchable FIFA franchise when they went head-to-head; it proved a real victory for word-of-mouth - gradually, magazines and hardcore gamers alike were able to give the series the advertisement that Konami seemed unwilling to produce for their own masterpiece, and with ...

tom1clare 10.11.2005 · Read full review
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...anybody who has never played pro evolution to use this option to get to grips with the game before endeavouring on a career. The last main menu option is Edit. Using this option you can edit players create new players, move players from team to team. Create flags and embalms etc. Like in all football games you acquire points to unlock certain hidden things and pro evo is no different. The more points you have the better the hidden things you can ...
...the ground the environment (raining, cloudy etc). Entrance movie, fouls, injuries, game length, and player fatigue. These are set before the game and the in game options are team management With this you can change the players, substitute players, change formation, change tactics, change defensive style. Edit player positions, choose who is the team captain the free kick taker and the penalty taker. In the match it's self if you use the right analogue ...

lightsabr 28.06.2007 · Read full review
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...there have been 2 more Pro Evo's come out however although each one has been more complicated and in depth than it's predecessor each one has got gradually less fun. Pro Evo 4 (PE4) I believe is still used in competitions to this day as it is very easy to pick up and very hard to put down. I had previously owned PE2, and having previously been a FIFA man for about 10 years I was slightly sceptical about the game. However I really enjoyed that one ...
...realised I still enjoyed it so went out and got PE4 (pre-owned) for £3.99. Shortly after we had devolved to PE4 as it was so much easier to play and just a lot more fun, more open play, tackles were easier and the game was allowed to flow a lot more. There is still the problem from the earlier games that the names for many players aren't correct, due to legal matters i'm sure. However the names aren't that far out and you can change the names. If ...

bailey_kipper_uk 25.07.2007 · Read full review
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...My first thoughts of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 were that it was perhaps too similar to the previous effort to have warranted me buying it in new condition. However with time the game came good, establishing itself as a first choice at the expense of PES 3. The balance and willingness to play attacking football meant that this was one lineup I'll remember. Yet it didn't have all the familiar names (FIFA did!), there is the Edit Mode to make amends. ...
...itself there is such an emotional detachment. I would definitely recommend this over the third and fifth Pro Evolution Soccer games as it passes PES 3 off the park and unlike PES 5, stays on its feet to play a game of football - and a good one at that. ...

scream4bruce 16.06.2007 · Read full review
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...time ago, now known as Pro Evolution Soccer. Ever since I first played this game on the nintendo 64 it really set the standard for football games and has continued to do so. Pro Evo. is a great game. You feel like you have complete control over your players with instant movement of the players as you press the buttons unlike FIFA titles where movement is often slow and sluggish. You would often find in FIFA games that there where a few set ways ...
...not so with Pro evo. You can score in almost any situation. I have scored from just pass the half way line before. At the same time on 6 stars it is not easy to score but the same applys, very realistic. There are many options available. You may play a club league in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, England and Holland. You can play in the International cup (world cup), European cup, Konami cup (your own personalised league) and the most amazing master ...

harrikrishna 09.04.2007 · Read full review
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Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is absolutely fantastic. I was not very much into football at the time of this game's release but all my friends were eager beavers to get this game and i got this game by chance as one of my friends had two copies (the other was an unwanted present from other friends). This game is simply fantastic, it is the most realistic football game ever, much better than fifa; (i have previous fifa games like fifa 2003 and previous ...
...provide games on platforms that pro evo does not like the mobile phone for example. Fifa also had the rights to the players names (at the time of pro evo 4) and pro evo 4 did not, so the players names are jumbled up versions of the players real names. Graphics are fantastic, the controls are superb, (eg. R1 sprint, triangle through ball) and I recently figured out (after so many years) more controls, like the right analogue stick not only does ...

f18nfz 22.04.2007 (31.07.2007) · Read full review
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...why. The fact that Pro Evolution Soccer 4 does not get more sales than Fifa doesn't really take anything away from the game because it rocks! Graphics - ------------- The graphics are great & the fact that they get improved more & more every year while probably make your mouth water when you're thinking about next year's game! Gameplay - ------------- The gameplay is better than any other game around & if games were sold on how good the gameplay ...

milesnorth 17.05.2007 · Read full review
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This game is a brilliant recreation of real-life football. When you play it, it feels like you are watching a game on telly. The only difference is that you're controlling what happens. The player likenesses are quite good (You can tell who they are anyway.) and they move just like the real thing. The controls are easy enough to make playing simple, but not so easy as to make it boring. The fact that this game does not include real team names or ...
...slightly irritating when you're trying to find a particular player. What really makes this game awesome is the ability to create your own teams and players from scratch. I managed to create a whole team with every player loooking just like one of my real-life mates. It took some time but it was worth it. This gives a whole new dimension to the game and makes it even more fun. If only the could find a way to get the commentator to say the names you've ...

Luciferean 07.03.2007 · Read full review
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...of mine introduced me to Pro Evo & I have to admit that I was impressed. Although it lacks the Licenses that FIFA has the gameplay is much, much better. The graphics are some of the best I've seen in a sports game, players actually look human & from certain angles you could be forgiven for thinking that you are watching a real match on tv. The only down side to the game is, in my opinion, the squad set-up & formation screens. I can deal with the ...
...that's fine but even the positions aren't real for example: SWB is a full back. The positions & formations seem more like that of American football rather than our own version of the game. That aside though this is probably the best football game out at the moment & the Master league is genius!! ...

diablo3712000 14.01.2006 · Read full review
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