"Alas, and it positively hurts us to tell you this, when it comes to the crunch PES 2009 - far from being a proper next gen kickabout - is largely same old, same old. Much like this season's FIFA, while it's still a great game it's also a massive disappointment. The engine is the same, some of the old flaws have been ironed out (they've been replaced with new ones, mind), the AI is still as occasionally daft as ever (despite all those promises) and it all feels... utterly anti-climactic. Much like watching Aussie could-have-been Harry Kewell, you just know the talent is there, if only he could be arsed showing it. It's just so frustrating."