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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: February 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Firstly, your opponent that quit on you R. Conover, may have been me. I left a game last night because my opponent had a terrible Internet connection.

Anyway, for my review. WEPES2007 is a mixed bag, with mostly good aspects. The gameplay is great, like it always has been. My biggest gripe from last year's game has been fixed, and that's the fact that my teammates now run for a loose ball. Last year, they didn't, and that completely put me off from the game. This year, however, my teammates now work as a team. They also attack the opposition when they have the ball, whereas they ran away from the ball-controller last year. Just this one fix has greatly increased the enjoyment level over last year's version.

Some people will complain that it's too hard to shoot, when it's actually realistic. If you are able to get set and have time to line your shot, it's not that hard. But as we all know, that's not likely to happen. So, you'll take shots on the run a lot, and those are less accurate. That's realism. I would rather have it hard to make a shot and have a realistic score than to have a 13-10 final. This is not an arcade style game, it's sim.

The graphics are disappointing, not much of a step up from last year's PS2 version (which I owned and reviwed, and did not like). Luckily, I have an HDTV, so I get the clarity and crispness of the game. However, if you do not own a high-definition television, don't expect the look of it to wow you. Closeup, the players look good. On the field, they look like they always have.

The audio is virtually untouched. The announcing is accurate, the crowd sounds good, and the menu music is awful. The menus themselves are pretty ugly too, I forgot to mention that.

Online play is great, as long as you're not playing an opponent who has a bad connection. That, of course, can happen with any game though. If you are playing an opponent with a good connection, you can have brilliant experiences online. The entire game is exciting online, very fun.

If you have enjoyed past versions of Winning Eleven (Pro Evolution Soccer), you will like this one. There is still a lack of clubs, but that's nothing new. You CANNOT edit team names, logos, flags, or stadiums. But, since I'm not a diehard international fan, I'm not bothered by that. The gameplay is where it's at, and Winning Eleven is great at gameplay. If you're a fan of the franchise, fan of soccer, own a 360, and have $50 (not $60), you should go buy the next-gen version of the series.

Very Dissapointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: February 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First i'd like to ask, did the first reviewer even play the game? I am a huge fan of the Winning Eleven/Pro Evo series. I bought this game yesterday and was excited to start playing. After about a half hour of playing i realized that the graphics are barely even updated. They seems to be just a slightly bit better than last years Winning Eleven 9 on the xbox. To me this is unacceptable considering this is supposed to be next-gen.
Onto the next dissapointment. Less leagues. No German Bundesliga this year. Also very basic editing is included. You cannot change the team names, league names, stadium names or add teams. The only thing thats available is you can change the players names and stats.

Masters league mode is untouched, so if you played any of the previous few games in this series it will be the same

The gameplay is still superb and probably the best soccer gameplay out there (although Fifa has closed the gap a bit this year). That is this games only saving grace. I just dont see the justification of spending $50 for a game that is basically the same as last years. Oh but with less leagues and less stadiums. Only 8 stadiums in this game by the way.

Is this next-gen?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this game and I was really excited about it. I opened it up and immediately tried to get to the edit mode to change some uniforms and player physics and get into the game, but OH surprise! there isn't an edit mode to change that kinda stuff, only a lousy change player name mode, what a dissapointment. Anyway I played the game and found out that the gamelpay has been slightly modified, and that's okay, it's kind of more realistic now, that's cool but the surprises keep coming and I found out that the German league was left out, what the "$%"#? Theeeeen and this is really serious: YOU CAN'T SAVE YOUR GOALS!!!!! AAAAHH!! What happened to Konami that realeased such an incomplete game? It feels like a beta version or something. Xboxlive is better than WE9, it isn't so lagged. I expected even more options for the 360 version than the last winning eleven 9, but actually they removed stuff form the game that complemented it. Great gameplay but it really sucked to leave out all those options, I still have a fool's hope on konami to release something on the xboxlive to change some options hehe.

Nice game but needs something more

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well... this is a very good game, I really enjoy playing alone or with my friends, if you like soccer this is the best game available. On the other hand it needs to be better finished, I guess they made a rush to release it for the 360 and forgot to add more details. But it is the best soccer game for the 360, there is no doubts about that...

love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: February 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I really don't understand the negative reviews. Yeah, the graphics aren't updated that much, but they still look great. Most importantly, the gameplay is phenomenal. I have a lot of 360 games and this one is the first one I can't put down.

Great game.. with 1-2 issues

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Winning Eleven is undoubtedly the only game that you can never ever get bored of. Its lasting appeal is incredible and I know a great number of people who have bought a video game system, just due to this game. ProEvo 2007 is another great product from Konami. I do agree with some of the reviewers that the graphics have not been updated as one expected over the XBOX version, but the gameplay seems to have become smoother and the movement of the players is extremely realistic.
This game is a must buy on any console.

What Happened

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had purchased each installment of EA's FIFA series until 2005, when I warily opted for Winning Eleven 8. Since that point I have been a vehement supporter of the WE/Pro-Evo series and have gotten many of my friends to play and love the game. Yesterday, I purchased Pro-Evo 2007 and could not wait to play it on a next-gen console. I fired it up and was pleased by the intro - crisp and original. The actual game menu came up and I was initially thrown off by the blaring/annoying menu music and sloppy-looking display. This didn't bother me as the series is not known for good looking menus, but rather solid, non-inhibiting play. Starting a match, I noticed that there were not many "new" items included (as the previous reviewer pointed out, no Bundesliga). I started the actual match and was initially impressed by the graphics and gameplay. That is until I started having frame-rate issues and noticed that the graphics from the Xbox version were pretty comparable. The controls kept giving me issues and I tried tweaking different button arrangements until I found something serviceable. I came to the realization that the 360 controller doesn't translate well to the control scheme. After the match, I played a game over Live and found that there were more frame rate/horrible lag issues. My opponent quit. I ended up sighing and putting in Fight Night Round 3. Long story short - the "new" parts to the game (enhanced graphics,...ummm....Man U?) do not sufficiently negate the "ugly" parts (horrible music, control scheme/controller disconnect, frame rate problems, etc...). I keep telling myself that I'll like it after I play it more, but I hate that I have to tell myself that.

2/17/07 - I've played Pro Evo 2007 pretty extensively since I initially posted the review and have found that the game is pretty solid. My friend sent me a text message stating - "The game itself is good, but Konami gets an F for effort." I agree with him completely. This game is very fun to play and should be purchased, but be aware that you will be frustrated when you see the wasted potential for greatness.

Konami makers got to make the next one better for the Xbox 360

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played the game for PS2 and Xbox 360 and I got say it better for the PS2 because it had all the Stadiums. Also you can make player tranfers. For the 360 the graphices good but it could be better. For the next Winning Eleven for 360 they need a couple of things 1.Need all the stadiums 2. Player Tranfer 3. Player Jersey moving separate from body and Player Jersey get dirty when sliding 4.You and a friend can make a league online like the EPL. If they fix those things then the game will be perfect to me and couple other die hard soccer fans

Don't expect PS2 gameplay

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is missing many of the great elements of the PS2 version especially the fine points of the edit player, league, team and cup system.

The gameplay was not up to the normal high standard of all the previous versions of W11 and PES and I was hoping for greater use of the system but many players are a little choppy and they do not turn or dribble with the same smoothness.

A great game nonetheless but not as good as it could or should be!

review after playing for 2 hours

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i've been a long time fun of Winning Eleven, since the super FC ago 10 years ago.

this game is hard, and for beginner, please don't play in "regular" mode, it's too hard to score a goal.

the graphics is great on my 50" HDTV.

reason for 4 stars?
i didn't get the WOW factor after spending so much for a XBox360 and this game. the game play itself (AI) is not that much better after 10 years. if you've playing Winning Eleven prior version, you know what i mean.

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