Pro Evolution Soccer

Pro Evolution Soccer (known in Japan and the Americas as Winning Eleven and known in most non english-speaking Europe as PES) is a football computer and video game series developed by Konami (KCET). more...

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It is very popular in Europe, due to the realistic and playable gameplay. Partially as a result of EA Sports' affinity to purchasing exclusive rights for their FIFA series Pro Evolution Soccer games have traditionally lacked the sheer volume of licences present in EA's offerings, with the most notable absences being the FA Premier League, and more recently, the German Bundesliga.

Origin

The name Pro Evolution was born from the ISS Pro Evolution series on the PlayStation (itself a successor to KCET's ISS Pro), in an attempt to create a more realistic game than the arcade-like ISS games. The games are usually released in October of every year, while a Japanese version of Winning Eleven is normally released a few months before the European PES release.

The first 'true' Pro Evolution Soccer game was released in October 2001, (Winning Eleven 5 in Japan) and the series has received critical acclaim from the gaming press, although some fans have complained about various sequels.

Pro Evolution Soccer Releases

Pro Evolution Soccer

Pro Evolution Soccer was released in October 2001 and was well received, scoring a 9/10 from the Official UK PlayStation 2 magazine. Many new stadia were created, much enhanced graphics, plus a refined sprinting and dribbling engine. Commentary is provided by Chris James and Terry Butcher. Licensing is provided by FIFPro, but a large number of players are unlicensed still, plus no clubs are licensed either, although player names are editable. A PlayStation version was released, but was little more than a roster update of ISS PE2.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2

Pro Evolution Soccer 2 was released in October 2002 and some felt that it was a slight backwards step from the original Pro Evolution Soccer. Others opined that it had improved. The pace of gameplay was much faster than in the game's older sibling, with sharper turns and quicker reactions to tackles. It also included a training session mode. Extra clubs were added, with an extra Master League division. There were two new commentators, Peter Brackley and Trevor Brooking, but this aspect of the game was criticised for the commentators' inaccuracies and tendency to speak over each other. The licensing was much the same, but infamously all Dutch players were called ‘Oranges’, because Konami does not hold the rights from the Royal Netherlands Football Association, for use from Dutch players. Also, unlike in the original game, the "unofficial" club names stopped using obvious city names (eg. Manchester United was Manchester in PES1, Real Madrid was Madrid etc.), and instead used very ambiguous names (e.g. Manchester United were now Aragon). The edit mode included a club editor which offset this problem to some extent, with editable kits and logos as well as club and player names. The game notably included tracks from Queen: “We Will Rock You” and “We are the Champions”. A PlayStation version was also released, which was again a minor update of its predecessor, and was the last Pro Evolution Soccer release for the original PlayStation.

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