Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 is a PlayStation 3 simulation game released in 2017 developed by Konami. It centers on competitive sport controls, state management, and system learning, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.4 / 10
About this game
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 is a PlayStation 3 simulation game centered on competitive sport controls, state management, and system learning. Schedules, changing values, or staged goals encourage repeated adjustment, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Interface clarity and state feedback matter more than spectacle, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that explanations, dense menus, real-time systems, or accessory dependencies can add friction. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Pro Evolution Soccer is Konami’s football-game lineage, also known as Winning Eleven in Japan and later continued as eFootball. Its matches emphasize passing, movement and creating space, while modes such as Master League connect individual games to the longer task of building a team.
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AI review
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Thoughtful football survives on PS3, but presentation compromises and interruptions reduce its appeal.
PES 2018 on PS3 remains interesting when an attack develops through movement and carefully chosen passes. Close control, shielding, and forward runs offer different ways to make space, rewarding players who enjoy organising a team. The experience around those decisions is less consistent. Physical challenges are not always judged convincingly, while restricted venue choice limits the sense of variety across a longer career. The contrast between inviting menus and rougher on-field presentation makes the conversion feel uneven. Waiting around important match events can also weaken momentum just as the player becomes invested. It remains a viable historical offline football option for PS3 owners, provided visual spectacle is not the priority. This review concerns the original release period; official online services ended in 2019 and are not counted as currently available content.
Strengths
- Engaging passing and movement
- Long-term offline play
Weaknesses
- Uneven visual presentation
- Interruptions around match events
Who it is for: PS3 football players who prefer offline team organisation.
Play notes: Historical original PS3 release; online services ended on 22 August 2019, with no 2026 hardware retest.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Career goals endure, while restricted venues reduce freshness. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Passing combinations are engaging, though physical challenges are judged inconsistently. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Pleasant menus and music contrast with rough on-field animation and edges. | Reviewed | 6.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Usable navigation is interrupted by waits around substitutions and goals. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- 2017
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- Resource ManagementPlayer versus Player3D GraphicsTop-downLocal Co-opReplayableSolo-friendlyLong-term ProgressionSports-based PlayFast-paced
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2017
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2017
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