ONLINE PRO EVO!

The last time I played pro evo online, it was the pro evo 6 version I think. I remember the gameplay being fast and smooth. Although, there were a few glitches which brought lag to some of the games. I relished the chance of playing against people from the uk and other countries, without leaving leaving the comfort of my home.

I also signed up to PES Rankings and entered a few of their competitions.

Oh it was brilliant. There were a few things that many would have changed, but the makers of pro evo have tried to rectify any problems with each new verion of the game.

Well, back to the present. As you know, myself and a few friends have been avid players of pro evo. I myself have been playing it since pro evo 4.

Well I decided to try the online mode of PES 2010 since purchasing it this last week. My friends have all had this version since the release, hence why I was really happy I remained undefeated all of last weds evening.

When I got online I found the menus were alot more in depth than the last version I played online. It did not take long though before I was ready to play! I was really excited to once again be pitting my skills against some other pro evo enthusiast! 

Ok, I had the opponent ready and was about to start. I had my team selected, had to re-do my team tactics and formation, as you have to load your formation settings before you go to a match. But still, I was ready to play. 

THE GAME! 

Game 1 had started! I was England, and the opponent was Brazil. I kicked off. Something wasnt right! What was up with my controls? I had to pause the game. Went to the settings and checked my cursor control settings. Nothing wrong there. So I went back to the game. There was still something wrong! There was a 2 second button delay, so when I wanted to do a quick move, I couldn't! By the time I had executed the move, the other player had taken the ball and was halfway up the pitch! I carried on regardless because apparently if you quit a match, it shows on your profile and people are least likely to play you. Well the game finished 5-0 to my opponent. I was feeling a bit let down. The score was not because I was bad, it was due to the lag, and once again like the old days, it had come back to haunt me!

I still carried on to play another 4 games, bearing in mind that these were ranked games and affected my profile score! Guess what???? You guessed right, the games all went to the other players! I had dreaded button lag in all of them! Why cant you fix this konami? Surely after these years something can be done? 

Unterred, I will carry on to play online against other people, hoping the lag resides. Will this happen, I am not sure. But do not worry, I will be posting regularly on my experiences, along with those of my friends.

Catch ya soon peoples........