[whatsinaname]

It's that time of the year again. PES and FIFA teams have been showing their games earlier this year and both are expected to release 2-3 weeks before their release dates from last year. On the console front, PES has a lot of catching up to do. (Yeah, I said it!). From all early accounts, they seem to be doing it. Here's what has been released till now. I'll post more details when they are released.

Screenshots [All claimed to be in-game]
Messi

Torres

Wide Angle Gameplay


Previews
Gamespot - Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Hands-On - PlayStation 3 Previews at GameSpot
IGN - IGN: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Preview
Eurogamer - PES 2010: Pro Evolution Soccer Hands On - Page 1 // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More
PESFan - PES 2010 First Look - PESFan - Pro Evolution Soccer Fansite
WENB - PES 2010 Playtest Report + New Screens! - Winning Eleven Next-Gen Blog

Videos
Production Team tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Erf-NNZ0Cc

New Game play Mechanics
CARD SYSTEM - This seems like a very interesting new tactical development. They have removed the old star system in the statistics, and each player now has cards. There are two types of cards, from what I can see.


1) Defense Awareness Cards/Skill Cards - Similar to the star system, each player has specific cards. This will be like the 'Outside Foot Shotting', '1-on-1'
star, etc.

2) Play Style - This is where it gets interesting. You can assign cards to players for modifying their behaviour. Sergio Ramo can have the 'Over Lapping Run. card, to get into advanced positions. (You can turn it off if you are being hammered.) Rooney can have the 'Track Back' card, Messi/Torres have an 'Incisive Run' card, etc. These cards do not change the statistics of the player, only how they behave on the pitch. Putting 'Track Back' on Robben will tire him out easil, and would be a bad move.

TEAM PLAY - This is a set of sliders that lets you decide how your team plays. Setting the 'Switch Position' slider to zero will make the players go back to their positions quickly, whereas close to hundred, they'll stay in their newer positions more. 'Pressing' slider will control how your defense is organized. Like Barcelona or like Liverpool. (Pressing by midfield, forwards or a more laid back defense.)


Main Points from Previews
1) Game Play slowed down
2) Champions League integrated into Master League, real currency.
3) No more Konami ID!
4) Lots of new animations with motion capture still being done.
5) Glitches fixed (Freezing after free kick, near post headers, etc)

All in all, looks promising. This year I'll have the option of FIFA 10 on console and PES 2010 on the PC. After the demos, can decide which one to get.

Links
Home - Konami
Winning Eleven Next-Gen Blog
PESFan.com - Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 News, Downloads, Trailers

PS: Is there a FIFA fan around here? A similar thread for the game would be nice, I've not been following what they are upto. (And I mean the Console version. )

[ɱɑɖɖʏ]

Wow...am a big fan of PES.
Thanks for the info

[zenflox]

Same here. Thanks for the info. Keeping my fingers crossed for this version and hope Seabass delivers on his promises. Usually the pc version is the worst version.
Also i hope they don't sacrifice the gameplay for the visual upgrades that they're working on.

[whatsinaname]

Originally Posted by zenflox

Usually the pc version is the worst version.

Maybe you are getting confused with FIFA?

For PES , PC is usually the best version. Konami develop on the PC and then port it to the 360 and PS3.

You can get higher resolutions and modding is much better. (Though Online is much better on the PS3/XboX360, I think.)

[zenflox]

Well i'm going to have disagree with you on that. If you've played the past 2 versions of PES, you would agree with me that Konami first builds on the 360 then ports it to the ps3/pc. You can see this clearly with the button mapping that they have incorporated in the PC version which has the 360 controller buttons mapped.

[whatsinaname]

Originally Posted by zenflox

Well i'm going to have disagree with you on that. If you've played the past 2 versions of PES, you would agree with me that Konami first builds on the 360 then ports it to the ps3/pc. You can see this clearly with the button mapping that they have incorporated in the PC version which has the 360 controller buttons mapped.

I remember reading a Seabass interview where he says that development takes place on the PC.

Edit: Here is interview I was talking about. He said old gen PS2 was lead, next-gen, PC is lead.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/730/730121p2.html

Also, if you read the previews for PES 2010, you'll notice the people who played it say that they played a build on a PC hooked up with the XboX and PS3 controllers. If XboX 360 was the main development platform, they would have demo'd it on that.

From the WENB preview

Just to emphasize how early this game was, we were sampling it through the source code! That’s actual PC’s running the game, with PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers attached to it.

[allyrocky]

Wow amazing to hear ....
Any Idea on release date and online lags?

[whatsinaname]

Originally Posted by allyrocky

Wow amazing to hear ....
Any Idea on release date and online lags?

Fifa 10 has a release date of October 2nd I think. PES may be on the 2nd or the 9th. (No confirmed dates yet for either game)

Konami have also said that they have stopped using the system used in PES 2008 and 2009 and have gone moved to an updated version of the system used in PES 06. (which, if I remember correctly, was pretty OK).

[l33t_5n1p3r_max]

Just in gaiz, a new pes/fifa game was just released. More at 11.

I find it funny how these crap-tastic titles keep getting expansion packs..lol. You just kick a damn ball, its been almost the same way since fifa 99.

Almost as mental as the fanboys who lapped up the 16,000 sims expansion packs. Think they even had a horse pony hello kitty expansion pack for that...

[whatsinaname]

Originally Posted by l33t_5n1p3r_max

Just in gaiz, a new pes/fifa game was just released. More at 11.

I find it funny how these crap-tastic titles keep getting expansion packs..lol. You just kick a damn ball, its been almost the same way since fifa 99.

Almost as mental as the fanboys who lapped up the 16,000 sims expansion packs. Think they even had a horse pony hello kitty expansion pack for that...

Internet forum poster derides other poster's gaming preferences. News at 11.

[Pat]

I wonder if cricket fans will EVER see a game as good as PES.

[whatsinaname]

There's been lots of news, haven't update the thread.

There's been lots of changes anounced for Master League.
- Real Currency ( finally)
- Youth team (!)
- Player Loans
- Gate Receipts
- Sponsorship Deals

Most importantly, the demo is set for 23rd of September!

Here are a few gameplay videos from Gamescom (supposedly a very old code)
and newer code from a build a journalist was playing.

A full match at Gamescom - YouTube - An entire match of PES2010 at Gamescom 2009

Newer build (much better gameplay) - YouTube - PES 2010 Gameplay - Press preview code

Compilation of Animations - YouTube - PES 2010 New Animations 1

[whatsinaname]

The demo is out!!
PC Demo links

http://www.pesfan.com/downloads/

http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_start/PC-CDROM/Download/53093.html

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=51IYAVDA
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7IB1D1XX
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WATNNUAI
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0LSM1EYO
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5I70D21Q
Password=LOZ

http://rapidshare.com/files/281206099/PES10DEM_by_LOZ.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/281206096/PES10DEM_by_LOZ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/281206105/PES10DEM_by_LOZ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/281206113/PES10DEM_by_LOZ.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/281205936/PES10DEM_by_LOZ.part5.rar
Password=LOZ

(Links credit to chagochoac @ evo-web.co.uk forums)

The PS3 and Xbox demos should be out at the usual times that XBL and PSN are updated.
I am off to play.

[sickizblank]

The Wide Angle Gameplay screenshot looks more like FIFA 03 lol..

FIFA 10's gonna blow away PES this year. (nothing new, they always have)

[hash]

All that matters are good player faces. Not like Ronaldo in FIFA09(They covered his hairstyle part but , wtf did they do to his face?) .