PES 5

[masaki86]

My copy shipped last night from gameplay, so should be here today or tomorrow. can't wait.

Any other PES fans looking forward to getting there hands on this? I booked friday and saturday off from work so I can get the lasd round for a drunken PES session. Can't wait!!

[Sexual Chocolate]

Just found it was out this friday, so I ordered yesterday from GAME. Should be here thursday/friday cant wait.

[Schpickles]

Yup. The annual pilgrimage begins :)

Apparently this is the biggest "re-learning" excercise since the switch from PES2 to PES3, so we've got a task on our hands.

Having said that, I'm pleased to hear that the Xbox version (which I'll be getting due to the short remaining life expectancy of my PS2) has tweaked graphics and ball physics.

I'm just sad that I never won my master league on 5*. I was going well this season, then drew 3 games on the trot, and lost too much ground to Real madrid :/ The 8point gap looks unsurmountable.

A mate at work has been playing the PC demo, and is finding it really hard to adapt (he's using a PS2 controller adaptor, as well) - he's a PES4 veteren.

[CVD]

This looks amazing, I'll maybe pick it up this weekend. Can you tell us about the online features if you play it online? Hopefully there will be more game modes other than exhibition matches.

[Domstercool]

Mine was posted today, should arrive tomorrow in the post. I've played Winning Eleven 9 and that rocked! :>

[Schpickles]

I think it now supports up to 4 people online, so you can play 2 vs 2 :D

[masaki86]

hehe; I bought an online adapter just for this game; we'll have to play against each other every now and then!

[Charlie]

I'll be picking this up sometime soon hopefully but it comes after Mario Kart in the list of games I want to get (and can't afford). If I have money I'll get it.

[DiemetriX]

I'm sitting with a copy in my hand.. to bad i dont like soccer games.

[masaki86]

I'm sitting with a copy in my hand.. to bad i dont like soccer games.

how?



limits suck

[Schpickles]

I'm sitting with a copy in my hand.. to bad i dont like soccer games.

You don't need to like football or any other football game to enjoy PES. It's in a league of its own ;P

[Babooo]

I should be getting my copy tommorrow from my local independant games shop. Cannot wait.

Currently doing my long english essay in time for the mighty pro evo tommorrow. And this is the final week of school.....a 2 week half term full of PES tournaments!!

[Charlie]

how?



limits suck

He works in GAME or another gaming shop.

Have you played it, Diemetrix?

[The Lillster]

Well I havn't played pes 5, however I have a copy of Winning Eleven 9 (japanese equivalent of pes 5) and it's very good.

[Colin]

I'm going to wait for a promo copy to fall into my hands in a few months time like I did lastyear.

I'm looking forward to finally having the chance to play the PS2 version online.

[rokhed00]

I think it now supports up to 4 people online, so you can play 2 vs 2 :D

I think that's only the Xbox version though, PS2 is just one on one.

[CVD]

2 Vs 2 matches sound great, there's loads of potential there. Two players could join a party against another team of two for some tense games.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Well It arrived today, i'll give my verdict in a few hours.

[Schpickles]

Something that people never give PES games credit for is the fact that all game modes are playable with multiple players.

For the last year, myself and a chap at work have played master league co-operatively on PES4 - it's an experience like no other.

I think the 2v2 support is all platforms rokhed00

[Sexual Chocolate]

Well its certainly different, players seem a little slower, cant just get a fast striker and run down the field and score, more build up is required. Master League has had a lick of paint, Vorander and the boys have retired and some young bucks have come through the ranks. And im playing it on 3 stars with the squad of the default shite players and only scored 2 goals in 6 games, a long road ahead fo sure.

[CVD]

Sounds good, the newer games are always more difficult to begin with and get easier with time. Nice to know it's a bit more realistic with the build up play.

[Babooo]

Got my copy of PES5 today!! So happy!

Anyway, I've only played a couple of games and need to get used to it. It just seems really slow right now. Like I'm sprinting with Henry but he looks as if he is jogging?!

Anyway, so far so good. Just need more time with it.

[DS MaNiAc]

Played it in HMV....last week, on a MASSIVE plasma screen :D. It's great =D. Pitty I don't have PS2/Xbox and I dont want to play it on my PC.

[GoonFace]

I might pick this up when it's released for PSP, but the PSP version has no Master League or commentary, so I am unsure whether to buy it or not. I most probably will though.

[Domstercool]

Got it today (Thurs) as well. I've had a little go on it but most of it I knew from playing WE9. Atleast this time I understood how to do free kicks since they changed from PES4 and it was quite hard trying to understand japanese. :P

[Schpickles]

Well its certainly different, players seem a little slower, cant just get a fast striker and run down the field and score, more build up is required. Master League has had a lick of paint, Vorander and the boys have retired and some young bucks have come through the ranks. And im playing it on 3 stars with the squad of the default shite players and only scored 2 goals in 6 games, a long road ahead fo sure.

When could you ever just get a fast striker, run down the field and score?!?!?

[Sexual Chocolate]

I was exaggerating, but truth be told you could get Cisse, Henry any other fast player, get the ball a few meters after the half way line and run past a few defenders and score.

[Bren]

bit of an off topic on topic question

but didnt Pro evolution come from ISS on the n64?

always thought they wer made by same ppl?

[Babooo]

oh man, PES5 is really frustrating me!! I'm finding it really hard to break down teams and always end up getting 1-1 scores, or something similar.

It just hasn't gelled with me yet....I think

[kav82]

I don't know what it is but I've never been a massive fan of sports games.

I can recognise it as a good game still but it's never really managed to hold interest from me.

My bro will get it and play it endlessly no doubt, he's never off Pro Evo!!!!

[masaki86]

The ISS/PRO thing is like what goes on at sega; there are loads of different groups withing SEGA(sonic team, overworks.....)and they all make their own games.

The same goes for Konami. KCET and KCEJ are both part of the main konami setup, but they are still different groups. They make their own games, and there will undoubtedly be differences.

Anyway back in 98 ISS98>ISS Evolution nowadays PES pawns ISS.

edit-oh, and there have been occasions where I have picked up the ball as a defender, span, flicked, shimmied and side shuffled my way from my own goal mouth to the opposition goal and scored!!

[Sexual Chocolate]

oh man, PES5 is really frustrating me!! I'm finding it really hard to break down teams and always end up getting 1-1 scores, or something similar.

It just hasn't gelled with me yet....I think


Im struggling as well, its one huge change of gameplay but thats gonna be the beauty of it once you do get used to it, it'll look like your playing ballet.

Review I read said a "con" was for new players would struggle with the steep learning curve, ive played and owned all the 4 previous versions and am struggling!!

[Bren]

well im not really into PE at all, played PE3 for a bit , but only coz brother offered me a few games, but it didnt catch on,

hes just got the new one, and it sounds gud (the screams and shouts from him and his mates), so ill probly try it out

[CVD]

I see GAME are selling Pro Evo 5 for £20 if you trade in Pro Evo 4. I'll take that one up on Monday, I think.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Serious, fucks sake.

[Bren]

I see GAME are selling Pro Evo 5 for £20 if you trade in Pro Evo 4. I'll take that one up on Monday, I think.

and theyre also really stupid, they must of been sick of the people trading it in, as my brother traded in pro evo 4, came home with pro evo 5, opened the PS2 and guess wot game was in their, :P

[uncle_buckman]

Can anyone explain how the teamwork attributes work? I'm talking about when you press R2 at the formation settings screen and the spots get replaced by numbers.

[|Laguna|]

What I found is that it's easier to score Lampard-esque out side the box shots. I encourage people to have a pop if they can't seem to break down a defence.
Another way is to start on 2/3* and gradually step up a star when you begin to win 80% of matches.

[Charlie]

I see GAME are selling Pro Evo 5 for £20 if you trade in Pro Evo 4. I'll take that one up on Monday, I think.

Bollocks, I traded my PES4 in about a week ago so I could get something else. I don't think I got that much for it either.

[|Laguna|]

Has anyone tried out PES online for the PS2?
How laggy is it?

[cheets]

getting PES5 for pc for £20

i got PES 5 for PS2 for £15, HMV ballsed up looky

We have shipped the following items in your order xxxxxxxxxx on 2005-10-20:

1 HC PLAYSTATION 2 GAME PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 5 GBP 14.99

SubTotal: GBP 14.99
Shipping & Handling: GBP 00.00

This order was shipped using .

HMV.co.uk is operated by HMV Guernsey Limited, Coutts House, Le Truchot, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1WD, registered in Guernsey No. 43285

Total: GBP 14.99

All amounts are in UK pounds.

ebay it is or anybody on here wants it for a price, PM as i wont be needing it for PS2, you can get a bargain. £25+

[masaki86]

played it for the past few days with mates; started out hard, but got the hang of it now. We(me and my mate) won the world cup as England on 5* with a couple of 6 goal drubbings so I think i'm getting used to the new style.

[masaki86]

so; anyone wanna play online?

[kav82]

I don't think it's hard enough. I've lost twice and won 6 times in total so far against 5-star.

I've not even played the first two and only played the others for no more than 10 matches on each version, surely i shouldn't be winning so quickly against 5-star?

[Sexual Chocolate]

Try the master league with default players, that IS hard.

[Roostophe]

I did that on PES4 on three stars, that was really hard, except for Espimas scoring a goal from the halfway line against Man U and going on to win 1-0.

Anyway, PES5: Brilliant! Edited most of the game, did the strips, got Villa's, Man City's, Liverpool's, Bolton's and Newcastle's strips almost exactly like they are.
I'm pleased you can put edited players into clubs, I created myself and won the Serie A Scudetto with AC Milan.

It's nice to see how many teams are licensed this time. Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers. Plus new teams, Fenerbahce (they weren't on PES4), Rosenborg, Shaktar Donetsk, FC Kopenhagen.

And the play is better, feels much more like footie than PES4.

I've said too much.

[|Laguna|]

I did that on PES4 on three stars, that was really hard, except for Espimas scoring a goal from the halfway line against Man U and going on to win 1-0.

Anyway, PES5: Brilliant! Edited most of the game, did the strips, got Villa's, Man City's, Liverpool's, Bolton's and Newcastle's strips almost exactly like they are.
I'm pleased you can put edited players into clubs, I created myself and won the Serie A Scudetto with AC Milan.

It's nice to see how many teams are licensed this time. Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers. Plus new teams, Fenerbahce (they weren't on PES4), Rosenborg, Shaktar Donetsk, FC Kopenhagen.

And the play is better, feels much more like footie than PES4.

I've said too much.

Do you have the PC or PS2 version? If you have a Max Drive (like a special PS2 Usb Key) (get it from Play.com) you can get pre-made option files by teh proffesional PESsers down at pesfan.com. It contains: This file contains:-

Corrected Club team names
Corrected player names
Corrected Stadium names
All in game transfers have been done (New players have NOT been created)
Club teams squad corrections
Corrected squad numbers
Corrected starting 11’s
Unlicensed club team kits updated (Emblems and Logos added)
International Kits updated (Emblems and Logos added)
New boots added

[Schpickles]

or you can edit it yourself for free, with the built in editor :)

I did that for my villa team - but I'm doing the master league properly with the default players :P

If I win my last game of the season (against the 2nd place team) and the 3rd place team fail to lose, I'll get promoted in my first season!

I always start PES master leagues on 3*, win everything, then start all over again on 5*.

That normally takes about a year :)

[|Laguna|]

or you can edit it yourself for free, with the built in editor :)



Aye, but that can take bluddy ages. And if you want to get all right it's tricky for example knowing who's in say Blackburns first eleven.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Schpickles may I recommend a player by the name of Berbatov, His stats start of prety low but now thay have exceeded his development and up into the 90's. He's also keen to go to your club.

[Roostophe]

Aye, but that can take bluddy ages. And if you want to get all right it's tricky for example knowing who's in say Blackburns first eleven.

You can get stuff you edited on PES4 onto PES5, such as the badges and Stadium names, it will cut off half the time.

Oh, and I'll keep a look out for Berbatov as well.

[ipaul]

Had pro evo 5 for about a week now, got the hang of it. I'm doing the ML on 2* but i really should up the difficulty when my season ends because i just won 7-1 against the third best team in the league:)

The new game is so much more realistic, while dribbling is harder, its more realistic.
Free kicks are now scorable (YAY);), i'm also finding headers easier; on pro evo 4 they always seemed to sky them.

Also Lampard-esque screamers are now much easier:)

[Schpickles]

yeah, I'm enjoying myself.

In my first master league season (on 3*) I won the D2 Cup, and narrowly missed grabbing the second promotion spot. Now I've improved just about all aspects of my team, and I'm getting stuck into my second season.

As ipaul said, the heading is much better in this game - not just the way you players try to connect better, but also the off the ball physical elements. All power the lanky defenders and strikers :)

I signed a 17-year-old newcomer keeper called something like Kim Un Din, who's excellent. I signed a striker called Kroupi who's been absolutely supurb for me (netted all 4 in my pre-season 4-0 victory). Barreto is good as an all-rouder midfielder in this version as well, as is Hettinga as a technically excellent CB / DMF.

I'm still prone to the occasional 0-0 draw... I'm still finding it hard to get that cutting edge in the final third. However, it's coming - this game seems to reward a mixture of direct play and patient build up, whereas previous versions have always seen a single dominant tactic emerge. I definitely already feel like I need to have a range of formations and players up my sleeve to cope with different types of teams, wheras before I always played the game "my way", attacking from the off.

Great stuff... wish I could just stay home and play PES5 all day :)

[Roostophe]

I got promoted into D1 after doing the double. Currently doing 2 stars. And playing against Chelsea is brilliant.

I bought Berbatov and he's been great so far. Scored as many goals as Baros.

I'm planning on buying Andrea Pirlo and Kaka' from AC Milan, I might get Thomas Hitzlsperger back from VfB Stuttgart if I fancy.

I've also got my eye on a 20 year old Right Back named Sergio Ramos, he seems good, he has attributes over 75 and under 80, but they should go up.

[Schpickles]

When you say "as many goals as Baros"... do you mean you started with the whole Aston Villa team, rather than the default master league players?!?

[Sexual Chocolate]

If you did thats just against true Master League rules, which is just shocking. ;)

Look out for Pienaar, South Afrcian kid, dogs bollox stats.

One thing that I do find, in some games especially in Div 2 was the defence sat way to deep, usually protected by 2 defensive midfielders. :mad:

[Babooo]

I am lovin Pro evo 5 right now. Initially it was a little frustrating but the more I played it, the more I like it.

Right now I'm in my second season in my master league mode with the mighty Arsenal. Bought Rooney from man U......can't believe they let me get him in the first transfer window.

Only thing I don't like about it is the accumulated fatigue (in master league). Surely the players can't get THAT tired?? At this rate I'll need a squad like Chelsea to have players who are fit to play.

Other then that though, I'm lovin the game. :smile:

[Roostophe]

When you say "as many goals as Baros"... do you mean you started with the whole Aston Villa team, rather than the default master league players?!?

No, I bought Baros, Mellberg, Taylor and Hendrie in Division 2. And sold half the other players, I currently have only 19 players in my entire squad, including Berbatov.

[Sexual Chocolate]

I had 16 at one point, the lowest you can have, it was awful. I had Ximilez and Espimas playing as right/left backs.

[Roostophe]

This is me, in the game:

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4905/mepes50018ud.th.jpg

This is my starting XI: I bought a couple more Villa players mid-season, as well as Pirlo, Kaka' and Sergio Ramos.

GK: Stuart Taylor
CB: Mellberg (C)
CB: Aaron Hughes
RB: Sergio Ramos
LB: JLloyd Samuel
DMF: Pirlo
RMF: ME
LMF: Gareth Barry
AMF: Kaka'
CF: Berbatov
CF: Baros

[Babooo]

Here's my line up:

Cech
Heitinga
Vanden borre
Ashley cole
Kaabi
Fabregas
ljungberg
Pires
Henry
Rooney

SUBS:

Fernando Torres
Wright Philipps
Eto
Campbell
Sneijder
and some others I can't remember....

Anyone using that new memorial match option against your mates? Its awesome!

[kingboo]

This thread has died a bit. Keep it alive people!!

[masaki86]

Play online regularly, but getting bored of constantly going up against people who only play as Brazil, Chelsea, AC Milan, Juve.

i try and mix it up a bit. i played as Slovakia today against Brazil..I won. I played as Wigan against AC Milan; lost 2-1...I like crap teams, there are a few gems; Slovakia, Australia, USA...all good teams to play as.

[Roostophe]

I've stopped doing my Master Leagyue atm so I can concentrate on filling up the Cup Gallery. I'm currently doing the Serie A as Real Madrid, and when I've done that I'm gonna do the Eredivisie as Ajax Amsterdam and when that's done and dusted, the Premier League will be next.