Free online PES magazine is a good way to kill some time
by Candace Savino 
{ Mar 27th 2008 at 7:00PM }
Why else would the company team up with GamerZines to make an online magazine completely dedicated to PES Wii? Oh right, promotional reasons. At its core, this mag is just an attempt to hype up people for PES 2008. Even so, if you're a fan of the game or are thinking about buying it, you might find a few interesting things in this free zine.
Aside from pictures of happy people who are supposedly playing the game, the magazine offers gameplay videos, as well as an interview with PES 2008's Wii producer, Akiyoshi "Greyhound" Chosogabe. There's also an entertaining little game-like quiz/competition where you have to identify five soccer players (which this blogger failed at miserably).
All in all, there's not that much to it, but current and potential PES lovers might find reading it to be a nice distraction.
[Thanks, Dave]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bakk @ Mar 27th 2008 11:17PM
How is this game?? Has anyone played it with 4 people? How about online? Better then fifa?
natureboy46 @ Mar 28th 2008 7:51AM
Plan on picking this up at some point - prolly after I get done with No More Heroes and Bully.
I think the e-zine is a pretty good marketing move. It got me reading. if only to get to the contest.
Wolfe_boy @ Mar 28th 2008 11:08AM
Played it. Loved it.
There is a strategic element to the gameplay that's completely missing from just about any other sports game I've ever played. The control system is at once more and less complex than any EA sports game I've ever played. Less complex because you don't need to remember what arcane combination of buttons you need to press to perform a particular move. More complex because what your left hand (Wiimote, in my case) and right hand (Nunchuk) are doing is often two completely different things. The nunchuk will control the player with the ball, generally speaking, and the wiimote controls everyone else on your team, sending them running about the pitch and identifying who to pass the ball to.
Do yourself a favor & pick it up. If you need more convincing, check out my review of the game.
http://members.shaw.ca/merryfield/Blog/files/46689257e425653d876f2bd6af94248c-32.html