The graphics look like other PSP sports games at a glance, but the subtler animations make a big difference. In many other respects, this is as good as the PS2 version. Last time out, every free-kick was a complete farce - but the only farcical things in PES6 PSP have been farcically out of date on a series level for years, like throw-ins. The Master League makes a welcome appearance, most notably, and slowdown is almost negligible.

PES6 still takes a while to load (although nowhere near as long), and it's still short of a few things, but in the majority of respects it's a solid improvement. Yes, Konami has finally got its head round the PSP. It's nearly finished loading.'įortunately, because he's not the sharpest tool in the box (I see him more as one of those plastic compartments fastened to the inside that you use to store washers), I will soon be able to enact a great lie to rescue me: 'Oh, you brought PES5 - I meant for you to buy PES6.' Just wanted to say thanks again for the recommendation. I thought you said the PSP was really powerful.' March: 'Hi Tom. Boxing Day: 'Bloody hell mate, why does it take so long to get going? Have I got the cartridge in the wrong way?' January: 'I don't understand why it's so jerky. Pro Evolution's my preference.'Ī mistake because, as it turned out, I was advising a PSP owner. I made the mistake, last year, of saying, 'Forget those - just get him a football game. You have 15 seconds to decide.' And yes, it's usually for a child, and yes, it's usually SpongeBob SquarePants' Quacking Quest versus Bayonet Frogdancers Apocalypse. 'Hi Tom, I'm at the checkout in Dixon's, with 58 people behind me, and I'm holding two games. And not just from the shop, but usually in some advanced state of purchase. But I do panic when they call me from the shop.

I'd have lost touch with some of these people under different circumstances. He's the dullest man alive.' Sounds like you need Phoenix Wright! There's lots of suspicious murders in it though. 'I'll have to talk to my step-dad while the others watch the telly. 'Help help help,' says another in an email. 'I have to spend three days at my mum's house and I need something to dull the pain.' Have you tried Lumines? 'Have I tried what? Valium?' Close enough. 'Help me,' a long lost friend quivers down the phone. Not the Christmas bit of it, you understand, but the weeks preceding it, during which I'm more than ever 'the one who knows about games'.

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