Continuing the build up to the annual console kickball debate and the FIFA Vs Pro Evo arguments. The guys at videogameszone.de have put together a gallery of comparisons between the two new games player models, decide for yourself.

Steven Gerrard is a very good example.

Check out the comparisons here -
Player model comparison gallery

Top 5 Fictional console footballers

Its that time of year again, the time for gamers and football fans to choose their side and get the latest edition of their favourite football simulation

franchise. For me, I've been in the Konami camp since 1994 and my cherished snes copy of International Superstar Soccer, el gato however is firmly allied

with EA's much polished FIFA series.

The arguments will go on for years and I'm not going to get into it, but the one thing the games both have had in common in their histories is the inclusion

of fictional players, some based on real life counterparts, others completely original. There have been some great ones, and some awful ones and everyone

has their favourites, here are mine.

5. Galfano (Italy, ISS Deluxe, snes)

Tall, strong, marauding midfielder with an unbelievable shot. ISS Deluxe was a simple looking game, but with the greatest gameplay of any football game to

date. At the heart of this was the subtle differences in the styles of individual players. Konami keeps this as a feature of its games even to this day.

Italy, sported an elegant, technical midfielder named Galfano who, when timed right, could smash in the games very best goals from ridiculous distances.

This skill came in very handy during the games excellent scenarios feature, when a last ditch "Stevie Gerrard esq" screamer was required to win a game.

4. Brian Plank (Germany, FIFA international soccer, snes)

This was the first football game with an isometric view revolutionised the genre. The opening titles of the game (after the now legendary "EA Sports, its in

the game") give credits for the development team. Listed as a programmer on the game is one Brian Plank, but not only was he on the staff at EA he was also,

in game, Germany's flying winger with an eye for goal. Even in the first iteration of the FIFA series it had the all too familiar "methods" for easy goals,

one of which was cutting in from the wing at tight angles, slowing down and shooting. Plank was, for me, the master of this technique and produced many of

the 30 goals I managed to score against Nigeria in a 45 minutes per half game I decided to play one day whilst off school on the sick (got bored after 15 minutes and quit).

3. Perles (Classic Brazil, Pro Evolution Soccer, PS2)

To be fair, there are alot of "classic" players in this game that could have made the list and in the end your Master league team probably had 5 or 6 that

you love. But for obvious reasons this guy has to be the one. Based on the impotency campaigner of legendary proportions, Perles was the ultimate player

to have in your midfield/attack, pace, skill and a wicked shot, all of the attributes taken from his real life counterpart. Personally I feel the series has

really lost alot when it comes to the classic players since the early games.

2. Valeny (Master league squad, Pro Evolution Soccer 2, PS2)

When starting your first Master league season on this classic sequel, life was tough. You had a squad of no-hopers and the only was for a n00b to survive

was to play 5 at the back, one up front and desperately hang on until the negotiation weeks to try and get a player who could hit a barn door from 3 yards.

Essential to this survival was the ever dependable, versatile defender, Valeny. A no-nonsense player in the mould of Jamie Carragher, this guy saved the day

on to many occasions to count and kept his place in the side well into subsequent seasons even when new players were brought in. An understated role in the

team but too crucial not to make this list.

1. Koppers (Holland, most nintendo based ISS games)

This guy is here not only for vital goals, technical ability, great headers and volleys, but also because he ahs followed us through the series fors years

(even at one point changing race!). Similar to Galfano in the fact that he was instrumental in beating the scenarios mode, but he was the hero on so many

occasions it was uncanny. In the Pro Evo Series he would have been Oranges069, he was the superstar in the dutch side and carried them in the game. To be

honest it is more of a sentimental thing having him here as he represents the ISS series that excludes Pro EVo. Both FIFA and PES make minor improvements

every year but the improvements get smaller and more subtle every year. A truly Next-Gen version of the Nintendo based ISS games would be great fun, maybe a

step away from, the simulation based games, but great fun none the less. It's Koppers for me, for the memories.

I think this speaks for itself. Would you rather indeed

So there I am, kicking ass and taking names, jacking ‘Hogs and pimp slapping fools left and right in Halo 3. Business as usual, right? So we finish the round and the server hooks us up with a bunch of new players. It’s the standard mix of people you don’t know, but wait! What’s this? One of them’s called... Well, I don’t want to direct unwanted traffic her way, but suffice to say the name was leaning towards the feminine side. So I mention it, laugh, and the person tells me to eff. So I’m like, no, YOU eff off! Then Balbailey (who I only just met a couple of rounds earlier and that might not be the actual name because I don’t remember it very well) says nah, she’s not a girl, she’s some creep. Then the girl says no, I am a girl! And then he’s like, well you don’t sound like a girl, and I’m like It Doesn’t Matter! (just like the song!). She gets all grumpy, and I tell both of them, look: it doesn’t matter if you’ve got boobs or not, as long as you help us carry the win. Sensible, right?

Wrong. The match starts and Balbailey won’t quit, and she won’t shut up about being a girl. (as an aside, she sounds like she’s either a girl or a 12yr old kid (of either gender). She’s all like I’m 17! And he’s cracking up, and I’m getting pissed off because at this point she is absolutely dominating the game (Team Slayer on Guardian), and he’s distracting her. Eventually, he gives up, and we lose. The only reason we don’t lose catastrophically is because of this girl, with 18 kills. Balbailey and I both bag 11 kills, and the other guy gets something like 3 kills (there’s always one, you know?) we come up to 43 kills, in a game that we should have won. The girl gets pissed off, tells us we suck, and leaves. Basically she came, she saw, she kicked our asses

The moral of the story is this. Do not piss off the girl in your squad, because she just might be the Rambo with an itchy trigger finger.


As an aside (a fairly big one), does anyone know why all the Xbox 360’s accessories are in white? Seriously, what’s the deal? You’ve got a black console. You want to customise it with an all star cast of peripherals, to match your stereo, TV, and DVD player, but you hit a brick wall because everything is in white. Of course, some people will point out that the control pads come in colours from teal to pink, but what about the remote? Or the headset? Or the wireless bridge? Or the vision camera? Or the charging cradle for the wireless pad batteries? Come on Microsoft. Everybody knows it’s the little details that sweeten the deal. I know it’s not exactly deal breaking to have everything in white, and you’ve got bigger problems (what with Apple trying to steal the pc users away and Sony trying to steal the Xbox users), but still.

A new xbox 360 advert on television states that Rockband 2 will be released in November.

El Gato himself is off practising his insult swordfighting, so I decided to come and talk about something that I noticed last night.

#Heroes Spoiler warning look away now#

I watched the premier of Heroes last night and I was not really impressed but one thing that I did find rather odd.........

I know that the previous series' have had numerous references to star trek, but the whole story with Mohinder so far this season right down to the way the scenes looked and felt was a dead ringer for the sci-fi classic "The Fly".

1. Mohinder decides to try out some un-tested research with himself as the guinea pig, just like "The Fly"

2. Mohinder uses new found strength to disable local thug, just like "The Fly"

3. Now super agile, strong and horny (oh and crazy thirsty for milk?) Mohinder shows off to a unsuspecting female and the proceeds to bed her, just like "The Fly"

and finally

4. skin and presumably body parts begin to grossly peel away from mohinder and you guessed it,
JUST LIKE THE FLY!

Homage or blatant rip-off?

tell us what you think.

Just wanted to share that with you.

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I am Ninja...

Spoiler Alert: Avoid the third paragraph if you don't like spoilers.

Hokay. Let me start by saying I love ninjas. Like, absolutely love them. It stems from a childhood of watching kung fu films, then jumping around the room and doing back flips onto the sofas, stuff like that. Given the chance, who wouldn’t want to be a ninja? The desire to be a ninja goes beyond wanting to emulate their acrobatics; after all there are gymnasts who pull off moves that make them seem like they are missing a few major bones. No, people want to be ninjas because they are cool at what they do. They are stealthy, they are fast, they look cool, and they are proficient with weapons... the list goes on. This is why a game like Ninja Gaiden 2 appeals to me. It gives me the opportunity to not only see a ninja in action, but to also perform moves I only dream of. However, despite the substantial level of immersion, it is still just a game and it tends to forget that. A lot.

That right there is my problem with Ninja Gaiden 2. You see, for me games are entertainment, nothing more. I don’t see games as challenges, I don’t play them in order to prove how hardcore I am or something. If a game starts being unreasonably hard, I just stop playing it. And find something else. Ninja Gaiden 2 is this type of game. I played the first one on the old Xbox and got rapidly frustrated with it. In a fit of madness (it was also relatively cheap), I forgot this fact entirely, and bought the second game. It’s a great game, depending on what you’re attempting to get out of it. If you just want to jump around and do some (or a lot!) of flashy moves, then by all means play this game. You will not be disappointed. However, if you want a game that has an interesting story, beautiful locales, engaging characters, etc... then please, stay away, because Ninja Gaiden 2 drops the ball several times on these points. It’s like the dev team said, let’s make the coolest ninja in the world and then give him a reason, any reason, to display his moves.

For example, the game has ninja dogs. As in, dogs, that are ninjas. As in, wild (or possibly rabid) dogs, that have daggers strapped to their hindquarters. Normally, this wouldn’t be an issue, lord knows lots of games have eccentric, poorly thought out enemies, but in Ninja Gaiden, it’s another symptom of it’s... well, stupidness. I have the game, and despite playing it for a good while, I’m not entirely sure what the story is about. I do know it involves the CIA, some chick who should be called Boobs Mcfadden, and a buncha idiots who want to open up some portals in order to release some other idiots who want to destroy the world Oh yeah, and Ryu’s dad, who’s called Joe. I haven’t finished it, because the game is ridiculously hard. This is what I was referring to earlier. I could have tolerated the stupid story, the cardboard characters, but on top of all that, it’s hard?

Please. I’m playing it on the easiest setting, and it’s still a challenge to get through the bosses. The minions... meh, they’re hit and miss. Sometimes I blow past them, other times I have major problems defeating a bunch of lowlife werewolves. I’m stuck at one point in the game, because after defeating this boss, his minions then gang up on me and try to take me out. Seeing as I didn’t go into the first fight with a full health bar, the second fight becomes a major problem. Never mind that I only get to the second fight 30% of the time. It’s not even like I suck terribly at it, the game is just unnecessarily hard. Stupid hard, I call it. I mean, I’ve defeated enemies (in this same game, mind), that are as tall as skyscrapers, and now I’m having trouble with what is essentially middle management and his posse? Okay okay, maybe the VP. It’s still stupid.

I love ninjas as much as the next guy, but man... nothing is worth that kind of punishment. Especially not some second rate game with a half baked story.

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