Fresh Gameplay – Exciting advancements reaffirming the PES series as having the No.1 gameplay.
From further integration of the industry leading Fox Engine to bring the on-pitch action to life and the full commitment to centre the product around creating the best gameplay experience, to the full redevelopment of Master League, every facet of the game has been enhanced to deliver yet another outstanding product. The series aims to go back to its roots to create an exciting match between users, and proudly present PES 2016to deliver quality gameplay following ‘The Pitch is Ours’ mantra. PES 2016 aims to retain its title of ‘Best Sports Game’, as voted across the world at games shows and by major media outlets in 2014, by continuing to lead the way in the recreation of ‘The Beautiful Game’. This heritage has been celebrated in PES 2016’s new tagline ‘ Love The Past, Play The Future’, highlighting the series’ recent return to core PES values in last year’s PES 2015 and focusing on the many new gameplay and presentational elements that will further establish the series as the definitive football experience.
And although it’s toughest competition is yet to take to the pitch it’s very much Pro Evo which is now the team to beat.From its humble origins on PSOne, the PES series has leaped from format to format, adding ever more realism as it evolved. We’ve certainly no hesitation in calling PES 2016 the best football game of the generation so far. PES 2016 isn’t perfect, but this is a major step forward for a series that was already improving in leaps and bounds each year. And given the size of the fan community it’s only going to be a matter of days until every club imaginable is available to download.
It’s more balanced but less flashy than EA’s system, which is Pro Evo in a nutshell really – although some will likely be upset it still has no transfer market.Īnd while yes, it’s true that PES doesn’t have all of the official licences it does now let you import images to create your own kits and emblems. There are no other major new modes, with Konami instead focusing on trying to turn m圜lub into PES’s equivalent of FIFA Ultimate Team. The commentary is okay, but it’s very obvious Peter Drury and Jim Beglin were never in the same room when they recorded their lines. The rest of the visuals are more obviously inferior to EA’s game though, with a noticeable lack of detail when zoomed out.
This is true for even relatively obscure players, suggesting that the stats Konami is giving them generates a realistic portrayal even without fine-tuning by the developer.Īlthough there are three times as many as last year, the animations still aren’t quite as good as FIFA but they’re still excellent and don’t let the side down at all. Not only does dribbling and shooting feel better but it’s different with each player, as their skill and physicality is mimicked perfectly. It’s now more realistic, more dynamic, and more exciting. To be honest that improvement alone would almost have been enough to recommend the game, considering that was by far the biggest problem with last year’s title.īut the new physics system means that everything about your interaction with the ball has changed. It’s hard to say if this is purposeful or not, but it’s telling just how the good the game is when this – and some occasionally flighty goalies – is about the only real problem with the gameplay.Ĭertainly the control lag of last year’s game has been completely removed. And even if they do have someone over the ref is usually peculiarly lenient about it, as if the computer suddenly thinks its playing in the 1945s. But the system is more about just realistic-looking tackles, in fact the computer players are strangely resistant to put the boot in.