Fifa vs Pro Evo. It's a battle that has caused many a forum argument and playground bullying campaign as people try to decide which provides the better footballing experience. A battle that has had fresh life breathed into it with the release of the demo versions of Fifa 11 and Pro Evo 11 on both Xbox Live and PSN.
Having spent a long time playing both the latest Fifa and Pro Evo demos I can tell you that they once again offer a broad range of differing aspects of the game? and all of them are boring and insignificant.
I don't care about the motion capture, I don't care about the ball having the same physics as a ball that was, in possibly one of the most bizarre statements in sport, described as being too round and I don't care about the player likenesses.
You know why? Because football is no longer about football, it's about some of the world's richest, thickest and, quite frankly, ugliest people taking copious amounts of drugs, sleeping with prostitutes whose ages range from 12 to 90, players trying to win an Oscar for throwing themselves to the ground at every available opportunity while crooked billionaires buy up anything and everything they see.
Seriously, Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch, 2 men who between them have the IQ of a particularly stupid potato and who both look like they escaped from a zoo for handicapped animals, managed to cheat on their model girlfriends with high class hookers and random girls in clubs. How is this not a more interesting aspect of the game than the lack of talent they managed to display at the World Cup?
Fine, if you want an arcade feel buy Pro Evo, if you want an all around better simulation, buy Fifa. But for the love of God shut up about it being, ?the most realistic football experience ever,? it isn't, there is no button that allows you to dive, no clubs go bankrupt half way through a match and no tabloid sex scandals in the season or be a pro modes. Even This Is Football had a dive button, which instantly makes it 10 times more realistic than either Fifa or Pro Evo.
It's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 all over again.
madjimjaspers says
Hey! You can dive in pro evo 2010! never seemed to work but the option is there.
and back when pro was called international superstar soccer, the nintendo 64 career mode had a shoddy dating aspect.
but i agree with you
Kris Silver says
But the diving feature not working implies they may have tried to create it, then abandoned it, I want it to be a fully working feature like in TIF, which as poor as it was completely owned for having that option.
But I’m glad you agree.
SamChippers247 says
Is this “article” for real? how is that a review of the game? this didn’t make any sense? so you want the game to have option for the players to go out to the clubs and meet women and cheat on their wives? that’s why it’s not realistic? if that happens, it’s not really a sports game anymore now is it? I think you should look into a sims type of game…are you an idiot?
Bob Sheen says
LOL, great article. Glad to know I’m not the only one who is disillusioned with football lately. I have been over the past three years.
I used to be crazy about football. Used to play it in school, outside with my mates and if it was raining, I’d come in and play it on my console. But the sport is just a circus now. It’s hard to like something that is bad on and off the field.
And also spot on about the two demos.
I might miss out on FIFA and PES this year and just get Gran Turismo and F1.
Cam says
How bout u shut the fuck up. U probably know nothing about football, so dont comment on subjects that u have little to no knowledge about. Wayne rooney is actually a smart person, to be able to set up your own charity and other events u need brains, yes he made a mistake in sleeping with prostitutes, but we r all human and prone to mistakes. So before u go running your mouth check your facts, not all clubs r owned by billionares, barcelona are owned and run by a fans consortium. And so what if they are, without money you would not have the publicity and entertainment that makes football what it is. So sit down and shut up
Kris Silver says
How bout u shut the fuck up. No.
U probably know nothing about football, so dont comment on subjects that u have little to no knowledge about. You know nothing about me, yet feel that it’s okay to make uninformed comments on a subject you have little to no knowledge about.
Wayne rooney is actually a smart person, Hahahahahahahahaha!
to be able to set up your own charity and other events u need brains, Or you could hire people…
yes he made a mistake in sleeping with prostitutes, but we r all human and prone to mistakes. I’m pretty sure I never slept with a prostitute, sorry several prostitutes while my wife was pregnant with my child…
So before u go running your mouth check your facts, not all clubs r owned by billionares, barcelona are owned and run by a fans consortium. Fair enough, but I never said all clubs were owned by a billionaire, I said crooked billionaires buy up anything and everything they see. Which they do.
And so what if they are, Wait, so now I’m right?
without money you would not have the publicity and entertainment that makes football what it is. Except we would thanks to Sky. We just wouldn’t have to sit through agonising details about hundreds of millions being spent on a man who can do a stepover for another few years, all the wild spending did was rack up huge debt for clubs that won’t be manageable when they get bored and wander off, so be prepared for the downfall of football in a few years time, it’ll basically make everything look like the SPL.
So sit down and shut up I am sitting down, I find it hard to type while standing. Do you type while you’re standing up? If so I’d say you should invest in a chair. As for shutting up I don’t see that happening either.
john says
you can dive in pro and if you know how it is very easy and works 99% of the time. you may not win the free-kick but you will get booked for diving, and if this isnt realistic then i dont know what is. ive played both fifa 10 and pro 10, and pro is much better at gameplay and fifa is only good for its big franchise name.