This is the PES that I think is the most realistic and challenging. It took a while to adapt to it after coming from PES4 as it had the slowest gameplay yet which made dribbling around players harder and you had to work more for your goals. This is what you want from a football game, realistic gameplay and to feel relieved when you put one in the onion bag as you've had to work for it. The pinnacle of the series for me. Gameplay 5/5 Graphics 4.5/5 Sound 3.5/5 Difficulty 5/5 Originality 4/5

I haven't played this one for a while, but I remember it being the most fun of the series. It kept the realism but you could score more great goals than the other PES games, which from memory if playing with a good team made it a touch easy. Again, it added more teams and licensing and other small features also. Gameplay 5/5 Graphics 4/5 Sound 3.5/5 Difficulty 4.5/5 Originality 3.5/5

Jumping up a generation was what PES needed to take it to the next level and it did so. It kept the slow realistic gameplay of the ISS series and Pro Evolution Soccer 2 on PsOne but added better graphics, more teams, the PES shop, more editing etc. While gameplay wise it wasn't a huge change from the previous version, (and it didn't really need to be), everything was upped a level and made for a great football simulation. I lent this game to a friend and never got it back. Never trust anyone! Gameplay 5/5 Graphics 4/5 Sound 3.5/5 Difficulty 4.5/5 Originality 4.5/5

Similar to Slam City with Scottie Pippen. You play in the videos trying to box. As with scoring in Slam City though, how to land punches is hard to pinpoint. There are still some more corny laughs though - "Kid, who taught you to fight? Your Mother?" I've never been a fan of boxing games though, so you may get more out of this is you're a fan.

If you have never played the previous games from the trilogy then I would probably recommend this. If you have and loved/liked them, you will probably find this disappointing. While graphically they have changed it up with a sort of comic book/cell shading feel to it a bit like XIII, the gameplay really adds nothing to the other games, combat actually feels worse, and while at first the story is entertaining (the opening cut scene and stuff are good) it does become boring. Gameplay 3.5/5 Graphics 4/5 Sound 4/5 Difficulty 3.5/5 Originality 2/5