Aug 28 2009
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Cover Art Revealed
The box art for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 has been released, and I’m a little unimpressed. I’ve never really been sold on PES over FIFA, mostly because of the fact that PES can’t afford to get the rights to the vast majority of football clubs the way that EA can with FIFA. I’ll hand it to PES that the quality of the simulation is for the most part better, and more realistic. But FIFA just has the bells and whistles that truly represent why this is the world’s most popular sport.
Not to mention the cover art. Look at PES. You’ve got arguably the two best strikers in world football right now, in Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres, and they both look bored to tears, acting like they’re actually playing.
Whereas take the FIFA 10 US artwork, which has been released for a while now, you have Frank Lampard front and central shouting, and looking passionate about the game. Although Blanco and Sacha Kljestan look fairly bored just like Torres and Messi, still, I think the FIFA cover inspires more passion. Even if you’re not a Chelsea fan, which I most definitely am not. At any rate, I’m really droning on about nothing, so decide for yourselves. I’ll be sticking with FIFA solely based on the more fully fleshed out Be A Pro mode, and that’s become the meat and potatoes of my videogame footballing.
