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Give it a chance
Without a doubt, this is the best soccer game released to date. With the FIFA series, you always felt more like you were watching the game than playing it. Not so with Winning Eleven. You literally have total control over your players...there are some 60+ different controls and button combinations. While this is intimidating (and incredibly frustrating) at first for those of us who know nothing about soccer, thankfully they have included a pretty extensive training mode that literally shows you everything, from how to do every single move to explaining the basic rules of soccer. If you are new to the sport, or the series, I would absolutely take the time to go through the training mode as it is well worth your time. I tried playing some games before I did the training mode and got mauled. After training I am winning games more regularly and am keeping things competetive. While it did take me a week to go throough the training (what with me having a job and all) to master everything, it was well worth it. <
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> The graphics and sound are amazing. Not much can be said except that it really feels like you are watching (and playing!) a real game. The commentary is sparse, which is fine with me because it tends to be a bit repetetive. There aren't many complaints I have about this game, but I would have liked to see the menu system totally revamped as it is a bit confusing, and playing this game on XBox live would be phenomenal. <
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>FIFA has more flash than substance, so if you want hot soundtracks and all the licensed teams you dont have much of a choice. While WE8 doesnt have rights to the officially licensed teams, you wont even miss it. Besides, with a little patience you could enter the EDIT mode and rename all your favorite teams and leagues to the real thing anyway. Most of the big names are there however, Manchester United (oops, I mean MAN RED) is pretty much the real roster. All in all, the best soccer game yet. But for rock solid gameplay and the most realistic soccer-sim to date you absolutely must pick up this title. With great games like this challenging EA, no wonder they keep buying out the competition!

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Better Than FIFA
I am from England where ever loves FIFA but now there is a new footy game on the market and everyone is turning. In the UK its called Pro Evolution Soccer 4 and i have had ever single one of them sice Pro Evo 1. They all better than FIFA because it has better game play and is much fast than FIFA which is slow and boring not like the beautiful game of football but the only thing FIFA has over Pro Evo is that it has better graphics and has the real names, which is made up for in gameplay. This is a great game playing against your mates because the pace of the game is gets much faster. This is much better than FIFA and the more people that buy it the more real kits and names there will be on the game SO BUY IT.

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Best of the Winning Eleven series to date
I have played all of the North American W.E. games since WE 6 and I have to say that I am impressed with the consistent improvements that Konami has done with this series. Below is my review based off the PS2 version: <
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>The Winning Eleven games have all had one thing in common: tremendous and realistic gameplay. Not only does WE 8 continue this tradition, but the game also adds on welcomed new features that compensate for the lack of online play and club licenses that is synonymous with the FIFA series: <
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>- On the pitch referee <
>When fouls are committed, you'll witness a referee run up to the play to either warn the player or toss out a yellow card. What makes this neat is that you have the option to select which referee will be the decision maker for your game. One ref that is not made available is Pierluigi Collina, who is heralded as being the best ref in the sport. That's a bit of a bummer but doesn't really do much to affect the game <
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>- Free kicks now involve two kickers <
>Yep, that's right. By using the select button (on the PS2), you have the option of using two kickers from the spot. This now only adds to realism, but strategy as well since you have more than one person at getting around the wall during free kicks. <
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>- Advanced moves <
>In previous versions of W.E. you had to be real adept in using the buttons to get around your opponent. Although you still need to be pretty skillful in maneuvering your man, you can use the R2 button to perform stutter steps and more fakes to get around the defender. Playing against the computer on the highest difficulty will show you how hard covering the AI has really gotten. <
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>- Improved AI <
>As great as WE 6 was, the AI wasn't overly difficult. WE7 was better at working on this but now, WE 8 has really added to this department. You'll find that if you play the same two teams 3 times, you'd be pressed to win all 3 games in a row. The defense of the AI has hard to get around unless you really are adept in passing well. As I said earlier, offensive AI is hard in its own right in that the addition of trick moves makes it hard to cover your opponents one on one, especially if the opposing player is a star such as Ronaldo, Zidane, Henry, etc. You'll also never score the same goal twice (unless it's a penalty kick). The AI is just too good in this game. <
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>- Improved graphics <
>This is easily the best looking WE game in the series. Although FIFA has been renowned for their graphics, I really think WE is not that far behind anymore. You can easily make out players such as Beckham, Schevchenko, Figo, etc. Heck, you can even witness Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United along with his huge earrings. Animations are numerous in this game as well. Players complaining, goal keepers trying to motivate teammates, players pushing each other after a hard foul was committed all add to the fun factor in this game. You'll even see dirt stains on players' jerseys after a few minutes have passed in the game. <
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>- Deeper Master's League <
>Although I have yet to try this part of the game, I have been told that this is the bread and butter of the game. Basically this is the part of the game where you take a team over the course of several seasons and try to build a dynastry (similar to franchise mode on other games like Madden). You can keep track of your players during the course of a season with player ratings fluctuating. Old players will retire at season's end and young players, with added playing time, will improve right before your very eyes. Previous W.E. Master League's have kept me busy so I'm expecting this year's iteration to do the same to me once I get to it. <
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>Not horrible, but not great. However, once youre knee deep in games (which will happen once you play the hardest level), you won't be concentraing on the sound as much. <
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>- A bit of slowdown <
>If you have several players in the box, there's occasional slowdown but not bad enough to take away from the gameplay. <
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>- No online play. Probably the most "glaring" deficit of this game according to some. True, online play adds fun to games, but I always felt that playing a sports game with more than one person is best when you play your friends directly instead of over a broadband connection. <
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>Overall, this is probably one of the best sports games I have ever played (Madden 2003, NBA 2K series, and SSX I think are on this level). Even if you're not a soccer fan you'll enjoy how much of a challenge this game will provide for you. If you are a soccer fan like myself, you'll be blown away by the realism this game serves up. And if you're a Winning Eleven fan, you'll be flat out impressed with the new features this game adds over previous editions.