PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer

I have all the PES dating back to 1998/9, even from the playstation 1. I have the Playstation 2, and I think PES 2009 is a great game. Playing the game is just as exciting as watching the real thing, how ever with my PES 2009 I have some problems: - When making a subtitute, the player you sub is still on the pitch??mmm. And the game always crashes after a game. Don't know if you have same problem, but make sure you notice these faults before your returns policy ends.

I've been playing PES 2009 quite a bit since getting it over the weekend and I'm afraid to say it is poor.

The graphics are not as good as previous versions and it is full of bugs. For example, sometimes when making subs during a match the subs don't actually come on. The same subs are now greyed-out and the substitutions used up. After a match when selecting view individual games details the game sometimes crashes (black screen, nothing happens).

The 'become a legend' new feature would be quite good if it weren't for the problems in this game.

I can only reiterate comments I've heard from other people and on some forums; the PS2 version of this game must have been a complete non-starter for Konami. 0 for effort.

Having only had a brief chance to play PES2009 on PS2, I have to say the signs look good. The be a legend mode looks highly entertaining and provides a bit of depth to the gameplay. Granted it may get old, however once you are done you can always fall back on the other 'traditional' modes. As with all new versions of PES, I have found it takes a while to get used to the updates, as slight as they may be. For this version, the shooting control seems to be a little more sensitive and, certainly in my case, will take a while to get used to. The signs, however, are encouraging that PES2009 has again taken the franchise a step forward and keeps it head and shoulders above the competitors.

When you first start the game is a great game but the longer you play on it the quiker you get bored the new become a leageng is a relly good mode the rest is the same

Only played two matches so far, what on earth have they done with the graphics?! PES 5 which was out 4 years ago knocks spots off it! The PS2 version is looking an after thought from Konami.