I haven't played to much of PES until this years edition. I remember loving it on ps2 but that was years ago it was classic. i have fifa 2011 and enjoted 2010 but these games are completely different. no bashing either or and i wont tell you which one is better because its all based on your preference. I have 2011 because when friends come over they dislike pes 2011. they havent gotteb used to the controls, to them it's to tactical, and the passing is hard/anoying. but for me its the complete opposite. Onve you get the controls down pes 2011 is by far the closest thing you'll get to real futbol. I wont post no youtube videos but you cant look em up yourself. go see the build up to a goal from barcelona or brazil. look at how the players move. they dribble up field, start fainting slightly right, than cut back in, and booom they place a perfectly placed throughball. in PES 2011 the gameplay is dead on with how futbol is seen. i watch alot of south american futbol. and pes 2011 plays both styles. in fifa the scoring plays are like designed by the computer. its becomes a bit predicable. pass, pass, run run run. hope the backfield messes up a pass, striker picks it up runs and scores. its more like arcade. though its alot of fun. heres an example, in fifa messi cant cut up 3 guys and while hes slashing in place a ball into villa. 1st of all, the way fifa runs it doesnt allow for that type of gameplay. in pes the players twist,cut,and turn really fast. if you try to hawk dawn the ballhander he will SLIGHTLY CHANGE DIRECTION and he's past you. as it is in real life. again watch a live futbol match and you see what i mean. or Maradonas centery goal. i promise you the gameplay is amazing. compared to fifa i like it a alot better. u ask most people out there. the popular vote would be fifa its a much easier game to play, graphics are better, and they are licensed. however scoring in pes 2011 is hard yet rewarding. and they have all the teams. champions league and copa libertadores. just some teams like Chelsea will be called East London, but not many just a few.
Pros:
-I'm telling you these players move like they do on the pitch. realistic movements.
-passing is spot on when you get to understand the controls
-the faints and moves actually work and need to be used to score ( unlike fifa)
-realistic gameplay by far
-customizing team to play your style of futbol in formations and placing players literarlly anywhere on the field. ( remember when arsenal would place Thierry Henry offsides like 20 yards ahead of everyone on the upper right field) well u can do that here as well.
cons
- needs to license more stadiums and teams. though all players are present and the players look like they should its kinda anoying that brazil plays in a green jersey. almost all the other teams are with the official jersey though.
-not as great a presentation as fifa.
-graphics are a bit better on fifa but i guess that has to do more because of pes 2011 smooth gameplay.
-online is no where near fifas.
-penaltie shots are weird.
all in all an excellent game. if you and ur buddies are die hard futbol fans than get this. if you've liked ea's fifa and like the arcade type of futbol. go with that. its also a fun game with excellent graphics Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
The controls of this game is so different than the old PES. it is more realistic so no more easy goal scoring, reminds me a bit of FIFA's realistic play experience. online community on xbox live is not so big but still matchmaking works fast enough. simply a great game but you need sometime to master the controls and get used to them.
I'll just start by saying that I really like this game. This game and FIFA really are two very different approaches to a soccer video game. FIFA is pretty easy and straight forward to pickup and play, but there can be some decent depth to strategy and tactics. It's not "pass it to the fastest player and let him out-run everyone else to score a goal" anymore. But at the same time, FIFA doesn't really create a truly realistic soccer experience. While Pro evolution 2011 isn't a perfect game, and still doesn't recreate a completely realistic professional football experience, in my opinion, this is the most realistic soccer video game I've ever played.
An aspect of Pro Evo 2011 that sets it apart is simply how passing works. This game really does offer 360 degree passing options, so you're not just limited to passing directly to players, more often you'll be passing to space. This added measure of control takes some time to get used to, but after a few exhibition matches you'll be good to go.
Another great aspect of Pro Evolution soccer games in general is how much control the player can potentially have over play. There are about four pages in the manual that just list the different controls for doing, say, a high cross, a low cross, a ground cross, etc. But don't let that deter you, the basic controls get the job done just fine, but there's a specific type of pass or whatever that you want to be able to do, odds are there is a way to do it.
Here's a few downsides: The AI could be better; it's hard to get any player to make a run on their own, you have to pass the ball their direction to get them moving. Player switching is occasionally frustrating, where you keep taking control of players that aren't really the best player to be controlling for the situation.
Lastly, I don't like the feel for playing defense; basically, either you can manually control the player, which in my experience isn't very effective, or you can just hold the "A" (for xbox) button and the player automatically moves towards the opposing player and attemps to steal the ball.
Basically, if you want a very solid soccer game that's more realistic than FIFA, check out Pro Evolution Soccer 2011.
very fun game, harder than the older ones, but its just a matter of playing it enough to get it. you have to be more precised when passing and shooting... the good thing is that when you score a goal.... ITS A GOOOOAL!!!! hahaha. - Pro Evolution Soccer - Soccer - Video Games'
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