Pro Evolution Soccer 5
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Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (also known as Winning Eleven 9) is the fifth installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were released on October 21, 2005 with the PC version released a week later on the 28th. [1]
PES5 is the first in the series to include some officially licensed British teams: Arsenal, Chelsea(was later unlicensed), Celtic and Rangers. The game does include some fully licensed leagues: Spain's (La Liga), Holland's (Eredivisie) and Italy's (Serie A) (although not Cagliari). Only Japan and Korea's national teams are fully licensed. As with previous versions, PES5 features an editing mode allowing the player to edit virtually anything within the game (e.g. player, team, and stadium names as well as kit and logos).
The PlayStation 2 version was the first to feature online play (currently free of charge). Within online play, statistics and league points are stored on the server for each game played. These points determine a team's (player's) poisiton within the 5 online divisions.
Due to certain elements in the netcode and online play, Xbox users have criticized this version. As a result, numerous websites have been created to support users, air their criticisms and fix problems with the game. This included the infamous Free the Patch charity single. Also, persistent free kicks given for minor offences was deemed a major problem.
The stats for the players in the Pro Evolution games are provided by Sports Interactive, who are famous for the Football Manager simulation games
There is currently a limited PC demo of this game available free of charge here.
[edit] Trivia
In the Scotland national football team, defender Andy Webster’s name is incorrectly displayed and commentated on as Webstar.
The Rosenborg BK player Fredrik Winsnes' (now Aalborg BK (AaB) name is displayed as Wisnes.
The Norwegian international and Portsmouth FC player (now 1. FC Kaiserslautern) Azar Karadaş' name is displayed as Kardas.
[edit] References
- ^ "Pro Evo 5 kicks off on October 21st ". Retrieved on September 21, 2005.
