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Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 cover
Developers
PES Productions
Publishers
Konami
Release dates
Windows October 26, 2007
Reception
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Sports
Sports Football (Soccer)
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Pro Evolution Soccer
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Key points

Sold as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2008 in Japan.
No graphics options in-game, all video settings must be changed with <path-to-game>\Settings.exe.
Extensive modding community.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

v1.20 Patch

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KONAMI\Pro Evolution Soccer 2008\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KONAMI\Pro Evolution Soccer 2008\save\

Video

External Display Settings
External Display Settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Supports up to 1280x720. Use Kitserver 7 to unlock all resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Use Kitserver 7.
Ultra-widescreen
Use Kitserver 7.
4K Ultra HD
Use Kitserver 7.
Field of view (FOV)
Use Kitserver 7 to increase the camera viewing angle.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
All music is licensed (various artists)

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish

Issues fixed

settings.exe minimum specifications not met

Disable System Requirements Check[citation needed]
Due to the games age it does not detect newer graphics cards.
  1. Download Kitserver 7.
  2. Extract archive to the installation folder.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\kitserver\setup.exe and click install.
  4. Now settings.exe should allow you to select any resolution and quality level.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 1.1 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible


References