You could have Roy Keane in his prime for just 150 PES points. All you needed to do to play with them was to earn enough points and do some detective work to try to decipher some of their unintelligible names. The PES shop had at least 100 football legends who were just begging to be slotted into your Master League team at the expense of some fake journeymen like Minanda and Stremer. This was the best thing about the old Pro Evos. So no, I don’t call the famous Ajax and Barcelona striker Patrick Kluivert, but by the name I was first introduced to him as: Oranges 11. Ruud van Nistelrooy was Von Mistelroum (a far catchier moniker) and in Pro Evo 2, all the Dutch players were called Oranges followed by a number. It was annoying that Oliver Kahn was called Kalm, but not having proper names also threw up some gems from time to time.

Okay, so FIFA fans did have a point when they were slagging PES aficionados about the lack of licencing in the game. It was a little like Las Vegas and Smyths toy shop rolled into one – you could get ANYTHING for the right price but the sight of all those products caused a giddiness that only a trip to Ireland’s marquee toy shop could match. Stadiums, boots, players, teams and unusual and unnecessary special effects were all available – if you had the points to pay for them.Įverything you could ever need, in one handy online shop. The PES shop was a wonderous place where dreams were made. The PES ShopįACT: FIFA lifted the PES shop straight from the Pro Evo series in the first killer blow for FIFA in the football game wars. We could get hung up on ‘real footballers vs fake footballers’ but players like Castolo and Barota are real to me dammit! Just look at this Louis van Gaal-esque 3-5-2 formation from PES 4.ĭoesn’t looking at that team sheet make your younger self shout (in a Mike Bassett voice), ‘Oh for F**KS SAKE Barota!’. In the Master League you start off with a no-name bunch of rag-tag players (literally – all of the players have made up names) and have to get promoted through a series of equally fictitious leagues until you have a chance at winning a fake Champions League. Here are ten reasons those games were unreal, and will ALWAYS be superior to FIFA (I can dream, can’t I?).

FIFA 15 CAME out recently to glowing reviews, and at this stage even the most ardent Pro Evolution Soccer fan (of which I am one) has to acknowledge that FIFA is now the dominant brand.īut for those of us who played PES 1-6, the game will always have a special place in our hearts.

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