It’s that time of year again, when the clocks go back, the days get shorter and EA Sports battle Konami in the legendary PES vs. Fifa war. This rivalry has stretched over many years of developing graphics and extensive gameplay and never has the competition been so tight between the two titans of the gaming industry.
On paper there is little difference between the two games, they both use artificial intelligence, they have both refined their gameplay from their previous versions, they have both extended the versions to which you can play the game (become a legend, master league etc.). However, only after having played both games, excessively, do you realise how far ahead PES ‘09 is compared to Fifa ’09. The gameplay on Fifa is still frustrating and sluggish as it always has been and when you compare it to the realistic, smooth, fast gameplay Konami have injected into PES, EA Sports didn’t have a chance of beating Konami from the start.
I am not saying that Fifa ’09 is a terrible game, EA have still stuck with the recognisable features that have served them so well in the past, such as; their vast amount of licensed teams, extensive season mode etc, they have also added some brilliant new features into the gameplay and it is by far the best Fifa game there has ever been.
Although, as I have already said, PES ’09 is just that little bit better. It still has its problems such as still only having two licensed Premiership teams and insisting on only having the top divisions in the world (Premiership, La Liga, Ligue 1 Orange and Serie A), but the new features are outstanding. They have dropped the fully licensing of La Liga to fund a fully licensed Champions League mode which was a risky move but it has paid off immensely, they have introduced a ‘Be A pro’ mode which enables you to play as one player and progress from club to club with the aim of getting a call up from your national team.
All of these new features are great, and PES is the better game but the thing that has set PES ’09 aside from Fifa is the vast improvement from PES ’08. Konami seemed in danger of going out of business as PES ’08 hit a major slump. The gameplay was slow, the frame rate was slow and the game was so basic that it was Konami’s worst game of the Pro Evolution Soccer series. However, Konami said that if they had more time to work with the PS3 and Xbox 360 then they could make one of the best games ever of its genre, and that’s exactly what they have done.
If you only buy one game this year, buy PES ’09.
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