Pro Evolution 4 ( Pro Evo 4 ) Tips

Pro Evolution 4 Tips

These tips are generally for Pro Evolution soccer 4 on Xbox Live but can be applied to the offline game and Pro Evolution Soccer 4 on other platforms such as Playstation 2. The tips are in no particular order, if you want to discuss or add anything to this page please go to the Xbox Football Forums.

Pro Evo 4 Online Tips | General In games Tips

Online Tips:

Talk to others on Xbox Live

Speak to your opponent before the game starts and decide on what teams to go. Most player want to play with Real Madrid but by changing the teams you normally choose may make for a more interesting game in Pro Evo 4.

Avoid offline for long periods

Don't play the offline game and then expect to highly successful on Xbox Live. The CPU plays a certain way and its quite clever. However the best way is to play actual human players. Each person has their own way of playing Pro Evolution 4 and it will make you a better gamer to do this. It will allow you to get used to all styles of play and hopefully combat them. Getting up to level 6 offline isn't a bad idea, but try and get some online games within this playing time so you don't just get used to playing the computer.

Practice

Practice taking free kicks, scoring and dribbling offline. Mastering this will improve you as a player on Pro Evolution A common way of scoring is using the lob when the keeper comes out. This is very effective if timed correctly. This is one of the most important Pro Evo 4 tips. It may sound obvious but its crucial to improving.

Make friends

Try and make a good online buddy that you can play regularly with, as with most games you will improve with the more practice you get.

Get a faster connection

Try and increase your Broadband speed connection, this should help if you have any lag. Please see this Xbox Football forum article for more details.

Change button configuration

If you play Fifa 2005 as well as Pro Evolution Soccer 4 swop the shoot and cross button over on Pro Evo. It takes a lot of practice to get the shooting right in both games. If you want to do this you set the X button to cross/ or long pass and the B button to shoot. This can be done in the button configuration in Pro Evo settings. Unfortunately Fifa doesn't allow you to swop button settings so it has to be done in Pro Evo if you play both games.

Set offside to manual

This is very important when playing Xbox Live, once you master this technique you will be able to counter the very commonly used through ball. This takes a little while to learn when to use but if you want to be one of the best players this is method used by the elite.

In game general Tips:

Different controller

Some players prefer an non official Xbox controller where the black and white buttons are re aligned with the coloured buttons.

Don't press players in all situations

Don't hold down X ( or the button for pressing defenders ) this will expose a lot of space and your opponent will just play in another player in the space created.

See Pro Evolution Soccer 4 moves section For all the fancy moves and advanced moves please see Pro Evo 4 Moves. Try and be able to use a variety of tricks. Tricks can be very effective if used in the correct situation, the more you learn and can use in game the better.

Have a few strategy's

Have a few different strategy's and formations that you can play with. This works both well online and offline, the computer and other Xbox Live players will be able to work out your strategy if you play very one dimensionally. having two or three strategy's that you can switch to will help your results.

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