Pro Evolution Soccer 4 - Classics (Xbox)

Release Date: 20/05/2005

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Summary

Developer:: Konami
Publisher:: Konami

As part of the continual advancement of its best-selling football franchise, Konami of Europe has confirmed that the much anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 4 will feature a wealth of teams under the official license from their respective leagues.

Pro Evolution Soccer 4's famed realism will be enhanced by the inclusion of clubs under the license from the Dutch, Spanish and Italian leagues. As such, football fans will be able to get to grips with the likes of Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenord, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo, Milan, Juventus and Parma. Each team will feature authentically modeled players in their official kits, while everything from player height, skill attributes and shirt sponsors will be fully recreated, adding to Pro Evolution Soccer 4's utter realism. This coincides with other breakthroughs premiering in the new installment, including realistic injuries, and kits getting progressively dirtier as matches progress.

In total, Pro Evolution Soccer 4 will feature 56 sides from three licensed leagues, within its total of 136 available club sides - a huge step forward for the series. Similarly, the game will also feature more than 50 national teams, giving the player control of up to 4,500 of the world's greatest players. These bolster what is already being called the most advanced and realistic football game to date, with new gameplay additions including new free kick and penalty techniques, and moves individual to key, star players.

Other new advancements including a new dribbling system offering more control as players go one-on-one and try to pass opposing players, while crosses and cut-back passes can now be made with more precision. Pro Evolution Soccer 4 will also boast an on-screen referee for the first time, who monitors play and intercedes when tempers get frayed! The referee AI has also been further refined, with advantage being played for minor infringements, while each of the referees available will react instinctively to fouls and the flow of play depending on how strict they are deemed to be.

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Pro Evolution Soccer 4; Author: Scot Bennett ; Published: 04/03/2005

Work experience lad Chris Taylor delivers his view on the beautiful version of the beautiful game.

When the referee blows his whistle for the start of the match, you will be drawn into playing the game and will want to win Pro Evolution Soccer 4.

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 isn't that different from the other Pro Evolution Soccer games apart from the new performance styles and new players on each team in England, and International teams, makes it a better game than the last.

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 has the same idea as the last in that you can play a two player game with a mate or against the computer. The only disadvantage of playing with a mate is that you can't play a season with them, only an exhibition match. If you want to play a season, you have to play against the computer, just like in any other Pro Evolution Soccer game, or another football game.

When you play the computer, you can change the difficulty to which suits you best and how long a half lasts - 5 minutes for a short game and 45 minutes for a long, "real-time" game. When you are actually playing the game, you can change how you perform by substituting players on and off the field and changing formations to match your style of play.

When playing a mate, you can also choose how long you want the match to last and substitute players on and off the field to make your team better, if you need to.

The game, in comparison with FIFA, is actually a lot better, with it being the easiest football game you could play or the most challenging, depending on the difficulty level you decide on. You'll quickly get the hang of playing the game and beat the hardest team there is on the hardest difficulty. The graphics, however, are marginally worse than those of FIFA. The players actually look like their real-life counterparts as well. For example: Ryan Giggs, who plays for Manchester United, actually looks like Ryan Giggs and not just another face, and the same is true with the referee. Unfortunately, the crowd don't look as good. The weather in the matches looks really good; there is a variety of changing weather from rain, sun or fog. The pitches you also play on are very detailed with the very green grass stripes or the brown/green stripes.

Although the game is like other football games, it doesn't have the real names of the teams, much like the other Pro Evolution Soccer games. For example: Portsmouth is Pompey and Manchester United is Man Red, and sometimes it is hard to work out who you are picking or who you are playing against. You'll have to know your football, where as FIFA has the rights to publish the correct names.

When you are playing the game, you can do all the same tricks you are used to doing to get your goals and win your matches. The referee may be a bit strict here and there against your team, like when a free kick isn't really deserved to the computer but, hey, that's football for you.

Chris Taylor

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