It’s September and that can only mean one thing. PES has had a few weeks to shine, and shine it did, but now FIFA is back, ready to suck all of the oxygen out of the genre and to try to establish its place at the top of the pile […]
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In a World Cup year, it barely feels like football’s been away but, as August rolls around, the new season begins and Konami come out of the traps early in an effort to steal a tiny march on EA’s juggernaut. Whilst still seen by some as the purer sim, this […]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 – PS4 Review
From CherryPop, the people who brought us Sports Bar VR, comes VRFC: Virtual Reality Football Club which brings the beautiful game to virtual reality. Obviously something as complicated as a FIFA or Pro Evo would be very difficult to do at this moment in time but with Rocket League being […]
VRFC – PSVR Review
Reviewing sports games can be a tricky business. Year on year, they arrive with you needing something a subtle focus, rather than looking for the big changes. Pro Evolution Soccer has felt like that for the last couple of years. Konami’s flagship football franchise has enjoyed critical, if not quite […]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – PS4 Review
20 I won’t give you a history lesson about football games. Everyone knows that the days before the FIFA/PES stranglehold was established, football games were presented in a top down fashion and were simple affairs. There were a few games vying for the top spot back then but Sensible Soccer ended […]
Active Soccer 2 DX – PS4/Vita Review
We’re getting quite a few games in to review at the moment but only two of the writers (myself and Grizzly) have taken the leap into PSVR and so have been dividing up the responsibilities there based on our general genre tastes. Grizz hates football. I kind of hate football […]
Headmaster – PSVR Review
1 Football has been around since the late 1800s and, aside from a few rule changes here and there, the game hasn’t really changed much over the years. Likewise, EA and Konami have been accurately simulating the sport for a couple of decades now with their FIFA and PES franchises respectively. […]
FIFA 17 – PS4 Review
Once again, football returns and with it comes the traditional battleground of Konami vs EA. Pro Evolution Soccer‘s been taking some big strides in recent memory and Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 is hoping to lace up its boots and push on. The big changes touted this season relate to the […]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 – PS4 Review
Okay, cards on the table. Sensible Soccer. You were either one or the other and I preferred Sensi over Kick Off. But despite that, I’ve been eagerly awaiting Kick Off Revival and Dino Dini’s remake has finally arrived. The reason I was so keen to play it is that the […]
Kick Off Revival – PS4 Review
Tis the season for some football and first out of the traps this year is the latest in Konami’s long-running Pro Evolution Soccer series. After the predecessor’s strong showing I was curious to see if this momentum could continue. So far, so good. Building on 2015’s sturdy foundations, it looks […]