Pro Evolution Soccer 4 has numerous improvements since 2003's first iteration on the PC. PES begins with the ball physics and then builds the rest of the game around the realistic movement of the leather sphere.Īs a result, you get uncannily realistic and unpredictable football matches, packed with skilful midfield build-ups, spectacular long-distance shots,ĭashing runs with close-control, deft chips and frenetic goalmouth scrambles. Unlike other titles that concentrate on the player models and likenesses first, then work on how to introduce the ball later. It's difficult to pinpoint exactly why PES is such a superb representation of the beautiful game, but the magic definitely starts with Konami TYO's very Japanese philosophy of always being 'truthful' with the behaviour of the ball. What we do know is that the legendary Shingo Seabass' Takatsuka and his team are claiming that Pro Evolution Soccer 4 marks a quantum leap forward for both the Pro Evolution franchise and the football genre as a whole. Unfortunately, we have no information on any of the above, H although we will be making hourly calls to Konami until it spills the beans. And of course, the Holy Grail, it could get the bastard playable online. It could also tone down the infuriating morale' system that occasionally makes it almost impossible to pass the ball to one of your players after letting in a couple of goals. And it could shell out the money for proper club and stadium names. For starters, it could ask commentator Peter Brackley to stop saying finding it hard to win the aerial battle there' every 30 seconds.

Naturally, the question was soon raised of how Konami could improve on perfection. Suffice it to say that a ripple of excitement went around the office on hearing the news. What you can have at the end of this year is Pro Evolution Soccer 4, the annual update again pencilled in for the PC (along with the perennial PS2 version plus an Xbox debut).

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