Hello Folks,

Like all big arguments one has continued to loom over the gaming world, I’m not talking about the ‘PS3 vs Xbox 360 saga’ or ‘PS3 and Xbox vs. Wii’ I’m talking about the question which has stood as long as time:

‘Which is better Pro Evolution Soccer or Fifa?’

Before i start with my grumbling i will tell you now that i am not going to answer the question, as i know what i prefer so it would be bias for me to say, so if you are only reading to find the answer to the question as Will Young said ‘Leave right now.’ What i will post is what annoys me about each game and why.

Pro Evolution Soccer

The first thing to get on my nerves with Pro Evo is a very small minor thing, when given a corner the player taking the corner looks very small and fat, to test this i made Peter Crouch a corner taker and the Pro Evo engine even managed to make ‘crouchy’ look like a hobbit, this doesn’t happen in real life Giggs doesn’t step up to take a corner and shrink 2 ft and gain 10 pounds, so why should ‘the most realistic football game’ do this?

The second and possibly the most annoying thing with Pro Evo is the ability to flatten any player off the ball and not be reprimanded for it. The first five times you achieve a stunning leg break tackle and can carry on playing, we all know its an amazing moment, but when it starts to happen 20-30 times in a 10 minute game it gets very annoying. Especially when the ball moves closer to the player rolling around the floor like Ronaldo on speed.

My third and final complaint about Pro Evo is the ability to score own goals. Now this is of course is a targeted complaint because in our house if you score an own goal you have to down a can, its the rules and they have stuck for a while. So when you get a free kick within 30m of the goal all you do is hold the down arrow and ‘O’ as it is not classed as a shot (on Pro, square is shoot) if it takes a slight deflection when going under the wall, own goal. Now in real life this would be classed as an own goal so Pro need to sort this out for the sake of people everywhere who play the own goal can rule.

Fifa

My first annoyance with Fifa is the dull and very repetitive commentary, but the main complaint is the fact that it is always about 3 seconds too late. When playing a football game i dont what to have an echo telling me what i have done and that is what it seems like, after taking a shot and missing the goalie can take the goal kick and then the commentator discusses the fact it was a ‘beautiful shot, just brushing the bar.’

The second point of complaint with Fifa is the advantage rule, although it is fantastic that it can be implemented, it is used far far to much on the game. The moment it begins to annoy me is when the little icon flashes up but due to the lack of player control your player runs to the ball even when you are trying to pull him off (easy) away from the ball.

Finally the Offside rule usually gets on everyone’s nerves especially females. Fifa have tried hard to get the game realistic putting in all the rules use in the ‘real game’ but the offside rule is just stupid for 2 reasons:

1. If your player is offside you have to keep running and wait until you touch the ball until it stops the game and calls you up on it.

2.If the other team intercepts the pass and thus gains the advantage the offside is still called and the game is stopped.

Do you agree/disagree/feel i am wrong,

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Mr.G

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