Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (PS2)

Everything is here. A far more realistic master league, now featuring 4 seperate leagues each split into two divisions, which leads to a champions league style tournament between the top teams of each league.
Player transfers between teams have been tweaked to near perfection: you can no longer acquire players with no club team for free, making for a much more balanced master league experience.
Players perform the duties they perform in real life. Zidane is a playmaker with incredible skill, Roberto Carlos powers down the wing and shoots from long distance, David Seaman lets a lot of poor shots past him.
The gameplay has been honed to perfection. Matches can be high scoring (4-0 is the highest I have acheived, and also the most I have been defeated by) or they can be 0-0 affairs where nothing you do works. It's all down to you - if you have the skill, you can pull something special out of the bag. If you're just running straight at the goal, more often then not you'll be broken down and counter-attacked. Your players have varying morale and fitness - if you don't rest key men you can find yourself suffering at the hands of a team far below you in the league.
Celebrations are better now, also! There are many trademark celebrations, and I am pleased that scoring late in the game makes your striker pick the ball out of the net and run back to the centre.

The licence is again disappointing: I solved this by purchasing the update disc from amazon, which was cheap enough and worked perfectly. As a result, this game could not be any better. I would like to see Konami put more money into the licence, however: it would make a great game absolutely irresistable. The commentary is fine, and functional. There are some pretty nifty comments (although I am disappointed that PES2's 'that's the shot of a master!' has been removed) but it is mostly unspectacular.
One player is fantastic, as are exhibition matches or tournaments with two or more players. You could kill many hours on PES3 multiplayer.

It is often said, but it needs saying again. PES3 is how football is supposed to be. It flows, it's realistic, and when it all comes together, it feels brilliant.

Pro Evolution contains-

4 Master Legues containing purely European clubs.
WEFA Cup,Konami Cup,International Cup,Copa Americas,Eupoean Cup,Afican Tornement,Asian Cup,American Cup.

Team Roster-
Liverpool,Man U,Arsenal,Chelsea,Leeds,West Ham,Tottenham,Everton,Newcastle,Man City,Aston Villa,Fulham,Juve,Inter,AC,Parma,Cheivo,Udinese,Bolongna,Lazio,
Roma,Real Madrid,Deportivo,Sevilla,Barca,Betis,Valencia,Real Sociedad,Athletico Madrid,PSG,Auxerre,Bourdeaux,Monaco,Marsaille,Lyon,Bayern Munich,Dortmund,Shalke 04,Leverkusen,Hamburg,PSV,Ajax,Feynoord,Porto,Sporting Lisbon, Benfica,Rangers, Celtic,
Galatasary,Beskitas,Olympiakos, Panathinaikos,Anderlecht,Sparta Prague,Spartak Moscow,Dynamo Kiev,Southhampton,Blackburn Rovers,Lilles,Athletico Bilbao,FC Basel,River Plate,Corinthians,Santos,Athleco Miniero.
;International Teams stay the same, but Yugoslavia have changed their name to Serbia & Montenegro.

Players now have their names at the back of their shirts.

New tricks can be done including-
360 degree turns,Flick Overs, Ball Juggling,triple stepovers all by using the R3 analouge button.

Better editing- Over 70 hairstyles, edit eyebrows,noses,eyes,mouths,cheeks,eyes,cheeks etc.

New animations- More individual celebrations (over 40),new styles of shots, players tend to use their stronger foot, players follow up their shots if goalkeepers parry.

New PES3 shop, use points gained in competitions to buy new items such as new hairtyles etc.

PES3 has the same sort of gameplay as PES2, but with some big tweaks, it feels more like football when you play it. If you were thinking about getting Club Football or FIFA 2004, Well don't as PES3 is the winner, although Club Football is pretty decent as well.

The stunning graphics, gameplay and content are what make the game beat fifa 2004 hands down. Yet, still people persist to buy the game that has 3 men on it's cover that pretend to be running, rather than the one that has the bald headed ref that controls them on the front. Why? God knows.

Ok, yeah yeah yeah, PES3 doesn't have the kits (with the exception of a few very well designed Italian shirts), or the proper names for some teams. But who cares? You looking at the ball aren't you when you play, so who cares if the players are called UGA BOOGA BOO and play in clown suits? Losers, thats who.

I bought fifa 2004 the morning it came out. I took it back that afternoon. That night I went to blockbusters and rented PES3. Took it back sunday morning, and bought it. The difference in playability is huge.

Only four stars because no games perfect, but if your wondering what to buy that special male in your life for christmas (any age), then this is it.