First of all, I started by playing PES4 and bought PES games every year without a question. Now with this garbage named PES 2008, we get a beta game not a full release especially the awkward online mode.

PES 2008 online is horrendous, I buy this game every year just to play online, its much more fun to play against a human opponent not AI. Well, my experience was horrible. Firstly, LAG, almost every matches has lag spikes that often result in conceding silly goals, sometimes the ball disappears then reappears on the other side of the pitch then bam, congratulations, you just have conceded a goal due to Konami's stupid online coding. In other cases, I succeed in tackling the ball from a striker and run with the ball for a second, then all of a sudden, I find him with the ball in front of my goalkeeper and bam, another goal conceded!!

Konami does nothing to stop lag, not to mention cheaters. The top of the ladder is a cheater and his name is Duix or something like that, I played him before, and all he does is kick off, massiiiiiiiivvvvvve lagggg BAAMM goaaal, rinse and repeat.

Believe me, you will keep cursing in front of your computer if you play online and try to climb the ladder in a fair way. Another thing not related to lag but poor coding of the game and goalkeepers who look like idiots. some players online play corners in a way that ALWAYS result in the goalkeeper putting the ball into his own net, BAAMMM another silly goal to elevate your blood pressure and make you curse even more. Add to this goalkeepers who can't parry the ball away but fall on their arses and let the ball go in.

Another frustration is playing against opponents playing INTER MILAN, Man United and sometimes Barcelona or Brazil. Here is the scienario, Kick off, pass to Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic or C. Ronaldo for example and let the wonder goals begin, player dribbling from the half way line and get past everyone else like a speedy train and then BAMMM another sucky goal that will make you hate your life.

IN online mode, there is no 2 vs 2, no 3 v3, no tournaments, nothing more than playing ranking matches for the top of ladder or friendlies. The previous version had more than that, KONAMI?are you improving your game or going backwards?

In conclusion, I stopped playing online, its pointless and waste of time. I will never buy PES game again before reading enough customer reviews and make sure that the online mode is working as intended and that I am getting a complete product that improves over its predecessors.

Pro evo 2008 is great on single player. Great graphics and playability. the players look amazing.
But playing in single player gets boring. I bought the game to play on-line. I have patched the game and sorted out all my settings. I have a decent broadband connection. But still every game online there is so much lag. It just makes you angry when the game is not playable. I hope Konami are going to listen to the customers who have bought this game and been disappointed by the dreadful on-line mode. I'll think twice abou buying another pro evo.

I brought this game coz ihave pro evo 3 and 4
the graphics are worse on this 1 then pro evo 2,3,4 and was a waste of money only made for the xbox pc controller and cannot change keyboard keys 6.2gb space needed not worth it pay extra and buy fifa

I left PES after years of loyal playing coz their online servers were the most annoying thing in the universe! Massive lagging and cheating as well!
However, what killed me was this version of PES. Absolutely awful. Their edge against FIFA was on the simulation. Think better! Players look like ice skating and the ball is no different. Looks like they are playing on the moon. Truly awful! Unplayable! Also, it became so easy to score it is laughable. Now all goalies look like apes. Ridiculous. It would make you suspect that FIFA was behind this version. Money wasted!

I'm stunned by how bad this game is -

The corners are next to useless, although still impossible to defend. T

The AI is dreadful - I've lost count of how often I've been breaking down the wing, and just as I've thought about knocking a cross in... the lone player that's actually decided to join the attack decides to run away from the goal to hover pointlessly on the edge of the box; another trick of my attacking teammates is to run away from space and towards defenders (not exactly helpful); it's not uncommon for players not in your control to get out of the way of both the ball and opposing players; and most irritatingly your teammates seem to be more concerned with covering defensively when you've got the ball, no matter what you've got the Att. / Def. levels to.

The ref's are still dreadful. Sliding tackles from the side are now a foul, and if you leave your feet and are penalised you can guarantee a card. Red cards for the most inane of offenses make a regular appearance. In my current Master League team, I've gone 5 straight games with no fouls in my favour. In those same 5 games, I've had an AVERAGE of 4 yellow cards and one red. How does that work?

These are the main gripes, but honestly I could go on all day. If this was the first version of this franchise I could understand it, but it's not. The same stupid problems get carried over from game to game, and in some cases get worse and worse.

I used to spend HOURS at a time playing this game on the PS1... I can't play the latest PC version for more than 15 mins without having to switch it off.

Save your money.