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Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for PlayStation 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for PlayStation 2 gives club football several routes through a season. You can play individual matches or enter the official UEFA Champions League with its group stage and knockout rounds. The Copa Libertadores also has its own tournament. The South American clubs in that section are available only within that section. During matches you build attacks with passes, through balls and crosses while covering space off the ball. A player's abilities and position determine which action is promising at that moment.
Master League combines matches with transfers, income and squad development. You try not only to win today but also to build a team for coming seasons. For a more personal perspective, create a footballer in Become a Legend or choose an existing player in World Player. You then follow his role within the team instead of constantly switching footballers. Training lets you practise techniques separately, while the editor provides room to adjust players and teams.
Selection Match creates mixed teams and Community stores results between participants for recurring meetings. Up to eight people can play simultaneously locally, each with a controller. Two players need no expansion. Three to five players use one PS2 Multitap; six to eight require two. In a jointly controlled team, you particularly need to coordinate runs, pressing and defensive positioning.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 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
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for PlayStation 2 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 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Konami developed Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and released the PS2 edition in Europe in 2010. PlayStation 2 had already been on the market for ten years but continued receiving annual football releases. This version continued the established PS2 structure of direct matches, Master League and local meetings. Official continental tournaments gave that familiar foundation a recognisable framework. A sequence of group matches and a decisive knockout round thus had not only their own rules but also the name and presentation of an existing tournament.
The Copa Libertadores expanded international club football with a separate South American competition. That addition had a clear boundary: the participating teams remained tied to their own tournament section. Alongside the UEFA Champions League, this created a second route with a different collection of clubs. Meanwhile, Master League retained its own role as a continuing club campaign in which matches, player development and financial policy influence one another. The edition therefore brought fixed tournament frameworks together with a longer club story shaped by the player.
The individual side also offered two perspectives. Become a Legend followed a created player, while World Player presented a career through an existing footballer. That distinction changed the starting point without removing the collective team context. Community and Selection Match meanwhile remained focused on football's social side around the same console. Through recording results, mixed teams and shared control, PES 2011 on PS2 remained connected to the local football evenings on which the series had built for years.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
PES 2009 for PS2 shares Master League and Become a Legend with PES 2011. Both therefore let you follow a full club season or the career of one created player. PES 2009 additionally uses World Tour for challenges with individual objectives. PES 2011 places more emphasis on the official UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores and adds World Player with an existing footballer. This provides not only different clubs but also a different choice between short challenges and recognisable tournament contexts.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for PS2, like PES 2011, offers Master League, Community and Selection Match. In both you can develop a club or play with unexpected mixed teams. PES 2008 adds World Tour as a collection of challenges with match requirements. PES 2011 instead has a broader offering around individual careers and the two official continental club tournaments. Those familiar with social team matches will therefore find much in common, but the shape of a solo campaign takes a different direction.
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 for PS2 shares passing, shooting and tactical formations with PES 2011. Master League also connects matches to building a squad in both. PES 6 gives national teams a separate route through International Challenge. PES 2011 instead offers official continental club tournaments and individual careers with a created or existing player. The difference therefore concerns not only squads from another football period but also the scale on which you experience a lengthy campaign.
Pro Evolution Soccer Management for PS2 shares decisions about players, formations and club development with Master League in PES 2011. In the management game, however, football actions remain with the computer and you give instructions from the touchline. PES 2011 lets you carry out a tactical idea directly through passes and shots. Its individual careers also add one footballer's perspective. Both therefore look beyond a single result but place your influence at a very different level within the same sport.
RedCard for PS2 and PES 2011 both pit eleven-player teams against one another, but they treat the match differently. RedCard uses heavy contact and Momentum to encourage spectacular actions. PES 2011 places more weight on player positioning, creating chances and the connection between matches in a season or tournament. The UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores give that a recognisable structure. RedCard instead offers a looser arcade flow, drawing attention to special actions and unlockable content.
