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I was simply blown away by the graphics. The only thing that gave it away that I was in fact watching a computer game was a little ‘Demo’ watermark in the bottom of the screen. The game itself was NBA 2K 2009. Whether you like basketball or not, this game is worth every penny you pay for it. The visuals, commentary and cuts will take your breath away. The sweat on the skin, the shine of the court. Ive not even mentioned the crowd yet. The animations of the crowd are the best I have ever seen. Fact. You’ll see supporters talking to one another, going to buy a hotdog, standing up, sitting down, cheering, booing. They are so life like, and to be honest, I think thats what fooled me into thinking I was watching a live game.

As you fly past the first few levels, the addiction kicks in. The first level can be completed in about 60 seconds if you know the game well. The levels are however rather complex, with hidden areas, mini games, and little cheats.

Like Super Mario collecting coins. Donkey Kong is slightly different in that you collect bananas. 100 bananas = 1 life. Believe me, later in the game you’ll need these lives.

A special shout out has to go to my favourite level of the whole game. The runaway mine train level. The level starts by jumping into a mine train and rollercoasting your way through the level, jumping to avoid ‘baddies’, ducking under and jumping over missing parts of track. The level really is at 100mph. With quick succession broken track and what seems to be quite imposssible long jumps, you end the level shattered. What a game!

As with all ‘season’ games which come out every year, we always compare to past versions and of course competitors. The PES vs Fifa battle has been going on for over 10 years now, every year people voicing their opinions on which is the better football series.

First of all let me point out the positives for this years PES.

• Player faces and kits looking as accurate as ever (with the help of the editors at pesgaming)
• Camera angle. Particularly at the start of the game looks very realistic
• Score and time graphics. Finally PES has put the time and score together on the left hand side so it looks more like when we watch football on television.
• Can win a penalty. This is a dig at last years PES where I started to believe it was actually impossible to win a penalty.
• Stadium editor is a great addition. I have been calling for this for years. Its just a shame it is so limited.

Now for the negatives…

• Tackles and Fouls. Free kicks and Penalties being given even when a player has clearly got the ball first.
• Penalty kick system. Change it, change it, change it!!! I want a power bar and the option to chip, its not difficult. Fifa 10 had it very close to perfect.
• Master League transfers system. Why cant I choose how much im prepared to pay for a player out of my budget?
• Passing. Ive found it really difficult to score ‘arsenal style’ goals this year as the passing pace and accuracy seems worse than ever. I thought it was meant to be the year of ‘freedom’
• Auto kick off. This really isnt necessary. Why did you add this?

I will leave my improvements for another blog. But personally I feel Pro Evolution Soccer hasnt hit the heights that were promised. Although I enjoy playing the game, the fact the ‘rules’ of football are not implemented in the game make it a rather poor title. This isnt football, this is something else.

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Maybe that’s the problem. Maybe I’m responsible. Maybe the Aussies peeked out from betwixt the corks on their hats and saw me chatting about Mortal Wombat when I was about 11. Confused, they made a note to follow this up later and have now done so, 20 years on.

Whatever the reason, I’m frankly astonished that I can still go on a computer game website in 2011 and see a headline like ‘Mortal Kombat banned’. I remember when the videogame industry moved on apace, but clearly not one thing has happened in two decades. It’s dispiriting.

Civ V seems the same, but looks less shit. It’s weaponry, science and taxes. It’s granaries and wonders of the world. It’s irrigation and mining.

And now you choose social policy. And combat’s more complex. Someone somewhere said it was more fun.

Even more worryingly, it is said that Civ IV is more complex than Civ V. I pretty much associate complexity with quality, so might have to do some sort of comparison. This would proably constitute a lifetime’s undertaking.

My mate had to snap his Civilisation II CD because it was damaging his life. I played through Civilisation I more times than I care to remember and I still didn’t work everything out. And now there’s a Civilisation V? Jesus.

I’ve discovered this through finding a news article about a Polynesia upgrade pack. If any expansion pack ever answered questions about the complexity of  a game simply through its name, this is that occasion.

The guns are crap.

There are probably loads of great weapons if you spend all your time online, but Goldeneye isn’t about that – it’s about shooting your mates in the face. It’s about being in the same room and this element of the multiplayer is lacking.

All the guns are much the same and you don’t get that moment where suddenly one of you has oblitero-cannon and everyone else has to leg it. It’s all too equal. It’s all too fair.