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PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer for Xbox 360
PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer for Xbox 360 combines direct football action with an individual player career. In Become a Legend you create a footballer and try to earn a regular place and reach better clubs through good performances. You control that one player, so you also need to move usefully off the ball. An intelligent run, a timely pass or closing space can matter more than always shooting yourself. This changes the way you view the whole pitch.
If you prefer leading a complete team, you can play individual matches, leagues and cups or develop a club in Master League. Transfers and retaining important players go hand in hand there. Loyalty gives the relationship between club and footballer added weight. World Tour also offers challenges with individual match objectives and rewards in the PES Shop. You can therefore choose a short challenge without starting a full season. The editor lets you adjust teams and players, alongside practising football actions in Training.
On the pitch, you combine passes, through balls and crosses while carefully choosing when to shoot. Player abilities and teammates' positions affect which solution works. Locally, the Xbox 360 edition supports up to four participants, together or against one another, each with a controller. The original online services are not promised as currently available; matches and careers on the disc remain usable without a network connection.
Region and language
Our Xbox 360 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer for Xbox 360 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer
Konami developed PES 2009 and released the Xbox 360 version in Europe in 2008. Once again, the year in the name referred to the upcoming football season. By then the series was an annual fixture on Xbox 360, with an established foundation of direct matches, Master League and extensive editing options. This edition continued that approach but also gave European players a clear opportunity to experience a match from one footballer's position. Personal development thus gained its own place alongside club results.
Become a Legend shifted attention towards a created player's career. Earning a place, making use of instructions and opportunities within a team, and eventually progressing formed a different kind of advancement from winning a cup. Meanwhile, Master League retained an overview of an entire squad. The emphasis on player loyalty fitted that longer perspective: building a squad also meant retaining key figures. The same football foundation therefore offered both a personal and an organisational path through several seasons.
World Tour also preserved shorter playing sessions. Its challenges directed you towards a specific result and linked performances to unlockable content. Together with Training and the editor, this left room to practise or shape your own team between longer campaigns. The European Xbox 360 release therefore sits between two phases of the series: familiar team-focused editions and later instalments that combined individual careers with official continental tournaments more extensively.
Similar games for Xbox 360
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for Xbox 360 shares World Tour and Master League with PES 2009. Both let you control a team directly and follow a club across several seasons. The most notable content difference between these European editions is Become a Legend in PES 2009. It lets you build a career around one created player. PES 2008 focuses more strongly on complete teams, mixed selections and shared matches. You are therefore choosing related football foundations with a different view of a career.
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 for Xbox 360, like PES 2009, offers direct matches, an editor and Master League. In both, it matters to build a team with complementary players and movement. International Challenge in PES 6 lets you guide a national selection along its own journey. PES 2009 instead gives one footballer an ongoing career through Become a Legend and uses World Tour for individual challenges. This difference determines whether you continue primarily from the perspective of a team, country or individual.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for Xbox 360 shares created-player careers and club management with PES 2009. The later game additionally lets you follow an existing footballer in World Player. The official UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores also give PES 2011 a different tournament selection. The European PES 2009 release instead has World Tour as a path through match challenges. Both therefore combine on-pitch football with longer-term progress, but direct that progress towards different player roles and competitions.
Football Manager 2008 for Xbox 360 resembles Master League in PES 2009 because you determine transfers, formations and a club's direction. However, your role is in a different place. Management leaves the football actions to the computer while you adjust things as coach. In PES 2009 you execute the team's passes, tackles and shots yourself. Become a Legend then narrows the scale further to one player, rather than running the entire organisation from the touchline.
Pure Football for Xbox 360 shares the football pitch and eleven-player teams with PES 2009 but uses a much harder arcade style. Its Momentum meter and heavy contact give actions a deliberately spectacular character. PES 2009 instead creates differences through player abilities, pass selection and following a career. In Become a Legend you also have to consider your place within the team. Pure Football concentrates more on immediate mayhem and special actions during the match itself.
