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Fallout 3 - Review
Fallout 3, PC -£24.73 delivered
Fallout 3, PS3 -£37.49 delivered
Fallout 3, Xbox 360 -£34.99 delivered
Review by LewieP
This review is basically spoiler free.
Fallout 3 is a horrific, buggy, glitchy mess of a game. Large aspects of the design are dated and sometimes even archaic. There are some issues that were problems in Morrowind, then in Oblivion, and are still causing trouble in Fallout 3.
I've got stuck in the floor, and stuck to doorways. I've had broken quests. I've had AI do things which just don't make sense. I've shot an enemy, and instead of sustaining damage, it's just shot up into the sky in a perfectly vertical line, never to be seen again.
I've spoke to a few people who've also played it, and some have experienced similar bugs, and some people have not, I guess your mileage may vary.
I don't really care about these bugs.
Some of the voice acting is pretty annoying, and the in game radio repeats itself quiet a lot. The game would benefit from a better inventory system. Not being able to sort items by weight/value/amount is kind of annoying. It would be nice to have my weapons split up into the different classes, not just sorted alphabetically. There are also times when you are given an item, told what it does, but if you don't remember there is no way of finding out again. I would also prefer it if there was an easier way of telling which ammo goes with which gun when you are buying/scavenging, as is, you have to remember, and there are quiet a few types.
I don't really care about any of these flaws.
I wish Fallout 3 wasn't quite so much like Oblivion. So many things from Fallout 3 are basically recycled from Oblivion, and I really wish Fallout 3 had more of it's own identity. It's just a lot of low end stuff. The sneaking/pickpocketing system, the general interface (basic movement and interaction with items), the save system, the camera and the terrible, terrible player animation (please play it in first person). It's also astounding how rough around the edges it can be at times, there are occasionally bits of terrain that don't even look like anything, and the random bits of dialogue people shout as you walk past them doesn't always make sense. After playing Mass Effect, I would love it if Fallout 3 had a similar dialogue system, but it is a pretty basic list of options to pick from. I have decided that I am no longer going to be tolerant of First person games where my players feet/body are invisible, and so I have to call Fallout 3 on it. You feel very much like a floating gun, and the jumping is kind of off.
I don't really care about these technical shortcomings, or derivative elements of the game design.
Now that I have got those problems out of the way, let me talk about how much I love Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is the most enjoyable role playing experience I can remember ever having had.
Fallout 3 has made me a bad person.
Very few games have this effect on me. Assassin's Creed made me a bit of a prick, but Fallout 3 has made me flat out evil. First thing I think when I see a new person is "Could I kill them if I wanted too?", second is "Have they got any good stuff?", and third is "What can I do to get their stuff?". If I have to quest to do it, I will do, but if I can just kill them/steal it, I will. To me, someone's life is only worth the value of their stuff (in caps). It's not my fault, that's just the law of the wastelands.
Lots of games would punish you for exercising this level of dickery, but not Fallout 3. Sure, there are direct consequences for being evil (negative karma), but these consequences don't have to be punishment, they are just a part of the role-playing experience. There are a bunch of ways that negative karma can be advantageous (such as perks that require you to be a bastard before you can get them).
I feel a real ownership of my character. The levelling system is excellent. It allows a huge deal of customisation, but, for me anyway, I never felt like I was too far down one branch to stop and change my mind and be a different style of character. The process of learning the game, deciding what type of character I wanted to be, and actually levelling up and picking stats was perfectly synchronised, which is something I have never felt in the Elder Scrolls games.
I think one of the things that really makes Fallout 3 work is the rules. It is incredibly open ended, but everything makes sense. I don't really think there is a 'bad' type of character to play as. Whatever type of character you create, you will have strengths and weaknesses, but always something that makes you think "I am glad I chose to have that stat quite high".
There is always a multitude of ways of dealing with any scenario, and it forces you to think "What would my character do?", and for the first time in a long while in an RPG, over time, that changed to "What would I do?". In the past I've really struggled with the Role Playing part of RPGs, often I've just played them for the mechanical gameplay, or the story, but Fallout 3 has been an incredible role playing experience.
The game world is really stunning too. It is as huge as you would expect, but in every nook and cranny there is something interesting to do, see, loot or stab. The backdrop to the game is an immense, bleak, burnt out, wasteland, and it really feels like it. Just getting by in the game is a challenge, and sometimes it feels like everything is out to kill you.
Despite this though, the wasteland will always provide exactly what you need, and if you are resourceful enough, you can always get by. Just. At it's most intense, there have been moments when I have had low health, been surrounded by super mutants, but had no recovery items left. I managed to find a toilet full of irradiated water, which would give me just enough health to get past them. Obviously, drinking this water gave me radiation poisoning, but that was a problem for the future. Fallout 3 is at it's best when you are just getting by, living in the moment, and taking from the wastelands whatever you can.
The wastelands may be brutal, but there are plenty of friendly characters, and tonnes of sidequests to do. Some of them are a little pedestrian, but more often than not, they are fun. Some of them are downright genius too. There are some set pieces which are fantastic, and the game makes it pretty easy to just wander off, exploring, and come back to the main quest whenever you feel like it. The ending of the main quest was a little weak, but this really is a game where the ending doesn't matter too much.
It's really believable too, Fallout 3 has one of the most convincing post-apocalyptic settings I've played in, and it's got a great, cynical, sense of humour that adds a lot to the game.
The combat is great. It's a really intelligent blend of realtime FPS and turn based RPG combat. The turn based combat is called "VATS", essentially when you trigger the VATS, it pauses the game, and lets you decide which enemy, and where on that enemy you want to attack. Each attack uses up "Attack points", which constantly recharge. Once you have selected where you want to attack, it cuts to a cinematic 3rd person camera angle, and your character carries out the attacks, then you jump straight back into the realtime combat.
It's a great idea, for the most part used well, but there are some flaws. Sometimes the FPS aspect of it suffers from it being an RPG, the enemy AI doesn't hold up that well for an FPS. They seem to only ever employ one of two strategies: "stand still at a distance" or "Run at him!". The RPG elements sometimes suffer from it being an FPS too. The VATS sometimes tells you that you have a 95% chance of hitting someone, but then when it cuts to the 3rd person camera, you gun is actually just behind cover, and you unload into a wall, even though you had line of sight before starting the VATS. The VATS sometimes takes a little too long too, and the over the top gore is probably not entirely necessary, although it is kind of satisfying to blow someones head clean off with a well placed rifle shot.
I love this game. Love, love, love it to bits. It is very flawed, but I guess that's Fallout. The flaws (to me) really don't matter, and sort of add to the charm. I have sunk a huge amount of time into it, and pretty much enjoyed every second of it. If you liked Oblivion, it has enough in common with it that you will probably like this too. If you didn't like Oblivion that much (like me), don't let the similarities put you off. It certainly is "Oblivion with guns", but it is also a whole lot more.
Discuss it in the forums.
Fallout 3, PC -£24.73 delivered
Fallout 3, PS3 -£37.49 delivered
Fallout 3, Xbox 360 -£34.99 delivered
Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen, DS - £15.99
Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen, DS - £15.99 delivered
Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Xbox 360 - £3.99
Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Xbox 360 - £3.99 delivered
Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga, PS3 - £14.99
Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga, PS3 - £14.99 delivered
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Xbox 360 - £24.99
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Xbox 360 - £24.99 delivered
Wireless Controller, LEGO Indiana Jones + Kung Fu Panda, Xbox 360 - £29.99
Wireless Controller, LEGO Indiana Jones + Kung Fu Panda, Xbox 360 - £29.99 delivered
Not sure how this will be packaged (I assume it will be similar to the equivalent Forza 2/Viva Pinata + controller bundle), but it's a cracking deal if you are in the market for a new controller.
Left 4 Dead demo goes public tomorrow
Valve have just announced that the Left 4 Dead demo will be going public tomorrow, I strongly recommend grabbing it. I got to play two rounds at the Eurogamer Expo, and it was not enough time, I want more. It's a very exciting game, simply put it's like counter strike without the bullshit, plus Zombies.
Here's the best pre-order prices:
Left 4 Dead, PC - £19.97 delivered (undercutting Steam yet still giving the developer less of a cut)
Left 4 Dead, Xbox 360 - £29.97 delivered
Bully: Scholarship Edition, Xbox 360 - £10.58
Bully: Scholarship Edition, Xbox 360 - £10.58 delivered
Thanks to tomvek for the heads up.
Gamestation now offer free delivery
As of now all items from gamestation will be available delivered for free.
From Gamestation:
From now on we will be offering “Free UK Delivery” on everything, that’s right EVERTHING! No matter how much or how little you buy, you will have your items delivered within 1-3 days, free of charge.
Star Wars - The Force Unleashed, Xbox 360 - £20
Star Wars - The Force Unleashed, Xbox 360 - £20 delivered
Call of Duty: World at War Q&A
I had a a quick Q&A with Josh Olin, from Treyarch about Call of Duty: World at War. He does mention COD4 too, so let's hope it doesn't upset fourzerotwo too much.
Call of Duty 4 was a huge critical and commercial success, what is the thinking in going back to the World War 2 setting?
The Call of Duty series has always synonymous with innovation and we hope to continue that. The same way that the last title re-defined what a Modern shooter was, we are doing for World War II shooters. With that in mind, Treyarch understands that there are still stories about WWII that haven’t been told 'the Call of Duty way'. The Pacific theatre was an awfully brutal place and a place that Call of Duty had never been. We wanted to engage those stories and develop all new types of terrain, AI tactics, and weaponry so we could share our passion with Call of Duty fans.
The multiplayer was a really big draw in Call of Duty 4, what are you doing for the multiplayer in World at War?
We had a ton of fun with CoD4’s multiplayer, and know of 12 million others who’d agree. So classes, ranks, kill streaks, and Perks will all remain standard in Call of Duty: World at War. You’ll recognise some Perks, some will have gone, and a wealth of new Perks have been introduced, including Vehicle Perks.
We are bringing back tanks into Call of Duty: World at War’s multiplayer, but we wanted to make sure we didn’t mess with the infantry experience we all know and love – so there will be vehicle specific maps and game modes for the tank fans. You will still be able to customise your games and play in playlists without vehicles, however, so not to worry.
Squad functionality has been introduced to help encourage team play in Call of Duty :World at War. You can create, join, and disband squads on-the-fly through in-game menu systems. Also, at the end of each round, your squad will remain together when you return to the lobby. This way, when the next game starts, you’ll be sure to be in the same squad again. So if you find that group of players who really know what they’re doing, maybe you’ll have a new group of friends to roll with each time you fire up your game!
Finally, Co-Op is a major new component that is being introduced for the first time in the Call of Duty franchise. I could talk for pages on it, but the highlights are three modes: Campaign Co-Op (play Singleplayer with three friends), Competitive Co-Op (Singleplayer, but competing for best scores and other bonuses), and our bonus “Zombie” game mode, which is unlocked after you beat the game.
I gather that Call of Duty: World at War is going to be more open ended than previous entries, how exactly is that going to work?
I wouldn’t say the game is going to be more open-ended; however, our levels will offer multiple routs to the end objective, to make way for the Co-Op game mechanics. For example, you may have an option to charge up the road alongside a ridge, OR, cut around through the forest and flank the enemy. In Co-Op, this offers an excellent opportunity for the players to use teamwork. In Singleplayer, this offers a new level of re-playability not seen before in the franchise.
Call of Duty has always been about driving the player’s experience, so while there may be different paths at some times, they are different means to the same end.
How do the different format versions vary?
The Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii versions are the same game, with the same story, and same basic features. The Wii, which has some small gameplay modifications made due to the different control scheme. For example, the Wii has its own unique Co-Op mode called Squadmate, in which a 2nd player can pickup a Wiimote or Zapper and jump right into the action with a friend currently playing Singleplayer. The DS version follows both the Russian and Pacific campaign, but includes a British campaign for players to fully experience. Additionally, it introduces wi-fi multiplayer. The PS2 version offers a companion experience to Call of Duty: World at War, featuring its own unique set of missions, engagements and challenges that are set within Pacific and European campaigns.
A lot of developers are turning away from making PC games, citing issues such as piracy and PC gamer apathy towards their games, but this is not true of the Call of Duty series. How do you guys feel about the state of the PC games industry, and your place within it?
The PC platform is unique for sure. You’re seeing a movement towards console development due to the standardisation, and the fact that you know every gamer will have the same platform. The hurdles with developing for the PC, aside from piracy concerns, is that making the game work on everybody’s PC is extremely challenging. Even making it work on the majority of PC’s is a very difficult task that requires a lot of hard work and time.
That said, Treyarch has its roots in the PC community, with Call of Duty: United Offensive, and previous titles such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Die By the Sword. We felt it was necessary to return to the PC crowd after taking a small hiatus with Call of Duty 3 and deliver the best WWII experience we’ve created!
If you could review Call of Duty: World at War yourself, how would you review it?
I wouldn’t, I’d be too busy playing it to write one up ;-)
Thanks Josh.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii - £26.76
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Fallout 3, PS3 - £35.76
Fallout 3, PS3 - £35.76 delivered
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Fallout 3, Xbox 360 - £35.76
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Little Big Planet, PS3 - £33.96
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Call Of Duty: World At War, PC - £28.56
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Tomb Raider: Underworld, PS3 - £31.26
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Fifa 09 All-Play, Wii - £15.96
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2100 Microsoft Points - £13
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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Review
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Xbox 360 - £37.99 delivered
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, PS3 - £37.99 delivered
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, PC - £24.73 delivered
Review by Amitai Winehouse
If Spider-Man: Web of Shadows was a singer, it'd be Britney Spears. Filled with hope and joy at the beginning, and backing it up with stimulus. But then, as you spend more time focusing on it, you realise the small faults. Eventually, it vomits and passes out every once in a while and despite trying to ignore it, it keeps embarrassing itself more and more.
From the very off, the game is presented in a bad way. Personally, graphical aesthetic can be a massive deal for myself. I'm looking forward to the NXE, purely due to the updated graphical look which is slightly more modern. I quite like PES 2009, in part due to the menus and user interface. However, in Web of Shadows we are presented with a grey menu. The image of Spider-Man fills maybe an eighth of the screen. Are we playing a game set in the colourful Spider-world, or Grey homogeneous blob's adventures in Greyscale? From the menu, I can barely tell.
That's only a small niggle in an otherwise fairly good looking game. Yes, the graphics are not stunning but certain little things are. The way the Spider-suit goes from red to black and back again is beautiful. The characters are designed in a larger than life Comic fashion set in a slightly more realistic world. The water effects are great, but that's quite useless as if you go to near the water you're probably playing the game slightly wrong.
The graphics are slightly last generation however. Maybe it was to assist better downscaling to the Wii and Ps2 ports but really the graphics are sub-par. The buildings are very under-detailed. Going back to the Britney Spears idea, the new ideas brought in graphically are in essence alright. Too much pop however. Yes, the pop does cause a massive problem when you are swinging through the city fancy free and notice an empty street. Letting go, you fall directly into the path of 40 symbiotes and their depraved orifices, ready to kill you and send you right back to Stark Tower.
Yes, sorry for the spoiler but Stark Tower is in the game! The man who built it isn't however. The only superhero who really could not be effected by the symbiotes because of his suit is nowhere to be seen, having cavorted off and deciding to leave it to the superhero with the Spider-vulnerable regular cloth suit. Captain America, you know, the one with the power to destroy all of these symbiotes and sing "America The Beautiful" all before a sharp bedtime of 9pm, before the Hitler Yo...Peace Rally in the morning, is nowhere to be seen. In fact, Spider-Man has a laugh at the lack of these people, and his predicament, chortling at the idea of having Moon Knight as a partner whilst the rest of the Marvel Heroes have a we hate Spider-Man and Wolverine party.
Wolverine is also in the game, dropped off in Manhattan out of a fast plane by The X-Men presumably. But, as the only real other A-Lister, you'd assume he'd be introduced at the beginning or near enough. Nope, you get to hang out with LUKE CAGE for a while. Then once Wolverine is introduced, he buggers off quickly enough, more than likely to get it on with Black Cat. The poor use of characters can really become astounding. Why is Wolverine, arguably the best acted character, ignored for most of the game?
The acting itself is quite bad for most of the people. Spider-Man is horrible, with you wanting to garrotte his Spider-Voice Actor with a Spider-Fiber Wire. It doesn't help that most of the lines could have been written by 5 year olds who have seen one episode of Spider-Man - The New Animated Series on JETIX. The Spider-One Liners are none existent and this is without a doubt a huge disappointment.
The story is spotty at best, and this poor writing doesn't really help matters. The story is as generic as an autobiography written by Frank Lampard. Nothing huge and shocking happens and the story never gets truly out of first gear. It's solid however and is never below average. It is not game breaking and does not damage the experience too much. Doesn't improve it however. Venom is a formidable opponent and the reasoning behind most of the actions in the game are Spider-explainable.
However, the Spider-Plot Device of the symbiote being used to lengthen the game, allowing the makers to repeat boss battles is fairly obvious. The boss battles are not even that difficult the first time around, and on repeat they are easy as Spider-cake. This is a problem the whole game faces. The mission designs are fairly basic and mostly uninspired. They are not repeated, but this has the dual disadvantage of when you figure out what to do it is never repeated and also the game is itself shortened. In fact, even with the repeated boss battles, the game clocks in at around 8 to 10 hours, probably a bit too little for an average game at today's prices.
It is for this Spider-reason that I cannot Spider-recommend this Spider. Personally, I believe you should give this game a Spider-rent unless you are a huge Spider-fan, in which case you will have already Spider-bought, Spider-played and Spider-beat this Spider-game. Spider.
Xbox 360 Premium (60gb) + Gears of War 1+2 + Fallout 3 - £199.99
Xbox 360 Premium (60gb) + Gears of War 1+2 + Fallout 3 - £199.99 delivered
Audiosurf, PC - £1.87
Audiosurf, PC - £1.87 on Steam.
It's $2.49 + VAT, which by my maths comes out as £1.87. Comes with the Orange Box OST too.
Sonic Chronicles - The Dark Brotherhood, DS - £17.71
Sonic Chronicles - The Dark Brotherhood, DS - £17.71 delivered
Bully [Scholarship Edition], Xbox 360 - £12.99
Bully [Scholarship Edition], Xbox 360 - £12.99 delivered
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, Xbox 360 - £16.99
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, Xbox 360 - £16.99 delivered
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, Wii - £22.99
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, Wii - £22.99 delivered
Twilight Princess, Wii - £16.29
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii - £16.29
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Gears Of War 2 [Collector's Edition], Xbox 360 - £36.89
Gears Of War 2 [Collector's Edition], Xbox 360 - £36.89 delivered
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The Club, PC - £2.91
The Club, PC - £2.91 delivered
Great on the 360, no idea how the KBAM controls are, but it'll work with a 360 pad too.
Portal: Still Alive - Review
Portal: Still Alive, XBLA - 1200 MS point
Review by Numan1617
To start off, and clear up some confusion surrounding Still Alive, I will state that the main game is exactly the same as the one included in The Orange Box. However, there are an additional 14 test chambers and new achievements that were not on the disc.
Given the length of time that The Orange Box has been out, I will not cover the main story/game of Portal but will instead focus on the new challenges. All of the charisma of the old Portal is still there and the challenges really do make you start "thinking with portals" once again. The new game mechanics add to the feeling of impending doom you get when playing through the story version of Portal, and some of them really make you sit back and think "how the… do I do this?"
The first new chamber sets things up nicely with a relatively simple 'get through the door' style challenge, so if your new to the world of Portal you have a nice stepping stone to get you underway, as well as helping you back in the saddle if you are a survivor of the original.
From here on out the pace really begins to pick up, so consider yourself warned. Chamber 3 is where things get interesting with the first new game mechanic, which I won't spoil here - suffice it to say that you may need to break an emotional bond.
Just the new chambers alone will give you an additional 10 hours of gaming (your mileage may vary, this figure is based on my experience) as you get the additional 14 chambers, each containing 3 types of challenges (fewest portals used, fastest time and fewest steps) so you will definitely have your work cut out.
Given the additional gameplay hours and the fact it includes a game you may already own, the value for money may be different for different people.
The new mechanics really do revitalise the game even though the main story is the same.
Overall I will say that if you did not purchase The Orange Box then this is a must have game just for the story/gameplay alone and if you did buy The Orange Box then just ask yourself the question: "Do I want to be challenged by a good old game once again?" In my case the answer was yes. I just can't get enough of this game.
15% off Play-Asia Sale
I am about to go out, so I can't pick the highlights (please feel free to make suggestions in the comments), but Play-Asia have a 15% off everything sale going on right now.
Be quick, you have just over 2 days, and if something goes out of stock, it's back up to full price.
LGF: At Eurogamer Expo
Just posting from Eurogamer Expo day 1, played a bunch of games and just stopping to refuel. Good news so far - one of my complaints with Mirror's Edge has been fixed, the cut-scenes are skippable. Good stuff.
LGF: LittleBigPlanet
Yesterday I popped along to Covent garden to have a play of LittleBigPlanet, and this is how I got along:
LGF: Guinness World Records: The Videogame
As part of the DS: London record attempt, TT Games where showing off their new Wii Minigames compilation (a real gap in the Wii's library...) "Guinness World Records: The Videogame".
It looks alright, I guess. I has online leader boards, and a bunch of other stuff. I was one of 4 lucky people who got the chance to play it. The balloon popping game involved holding the Wiimote in your hand and waggling it as fast as you could. That's the game.
Check it out:
LGF: DS:London Record Attempt
As part of the London Games Fringe, DS:London made an attempt at breaking the record for most people playing the DS in one place at one time. The record was previously held by some Australians.
Here's what we got up to:
LGF: Girl Gamers Tournament
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 - Review
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, PS3 - £27.98 delivered
Review by Amitai Winehouse
As a pre-warning to anyone reading this review, I must tell you that I am reviewing the Playstation 3 version of this game. As far as I am aware, the PS2 Version will likely be the same as last year with minor updates. They have done the same for the last 2 or 3 years.
Last year was not a good year for PES. Poor online play. Not 'next generation' enough for consumers. FIFA arguably catching up. A horrible port appearing on arguably it's biggest non-USA console, the PS3. Konami had a lot of work to do, and I can gladly say that they've done that and more. The graphics are better, the atmosphere is better, and the gameplay is what it should be, unlike FIFA.
Pro Evolution Soccer has always been renowned for one thing, even in the days of Oranges11, and that is quality football. It's been called the "Football Fan's Game", and never is this more true than in 2009. From the minute your first game kicks off, you feel as though you are in the stand watching a match, a real match. Players move realistically, the ball flows, and every pass seems to count. When the ball hits the back of the net, you can't help but celebrate ever so slightly.
Yes, a lack of licenses does bring you out of the realism every couple of minutes, and it's never fun to play against North London Blue. But the inclusion of the Champions League and an apparent patch in the coming months which will add more licensed teams might help this. The Champions League includes everything you'd expect, including the opening video, and most importantly, the theme music. The coverage plays up the history of the Champions League as you play it, and once again you find yourself immersed in what seems to be a real game, thanks to Champions League branded TV Broadcasting.
If there is one place PES can be faulted over recent years is a lack of innovation. The Be a Legend mode is ripped straight out of FIFA, but there is one huge difference. As I said before, PES seems like a real game, and therefore when John Smith runs out onto the pitch for Real Madrid, you can't help but think that you yourself are appearing in front of a packed Bernebau.
This game is not perfect, and despite the beauty of it, we still have not reached photo realism, and many players are still the generic people we'd expect sadly. However, as a full game, PES 2009 trumps the 2008 effort in every single category. If you didn't own that, I'd recommend it outright for any console. For the PS3, if you owned 2008, I would again say it is worth paying full price for 2009. As someone who never experienced the Xbox 360 version of 2008, I don't know if it was any good, but I'd argue that some of the new features in '09 are worth whatever cheap price you can find at the end of this review.
Judgement: Worth a buy.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, PS3 - £27.98 delivered
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