PES 2016 Available Today, Post Your Impressions

[orion523]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZO

Don't you mean Thursday.

No, believe it or not, early access games are always released on Wednesday at about 8PM eastern time. It's been that way since the beginning. Best part is, I have 10 hours with my profile, and I also have a free year of EA Access which was included with the XB1 that my kids won a month ago during the UBER Madden promotion. I'll attach that to one of my kids' profiles and then it's 20 free hours!!!

[Zac]

I probably should have actually spent some time playing the game before spending so much editing. Because I don't think I ever want to play this game again. I am that disappointed and frustrated with the game play.

[slayer197]

Are you kidding my? Where is PES available? Release date is tomorrow in germany...

[lorenzobenzo1]

My Demo Review!

I will give this game the score rating 9, only because the dribbling animation is still slow.
But this review is based on the demo only, not the full game as i do not have it yet.
The tempo of the game is perfect, not too fast and not too slow.
Passing is great, so is the manual passing. Advanced passing is better but still hard to master.
Shooting is good, maybe a bit too good meaning it is easier to score than before.
Manual shooting is very good, advanced shooting is extremely good. This type of shooting is slightly
more powerful and the ball dips like the usual CR7 shots. Finesse shots are still too easy to score.
Animations are a joy to watch, on this part of the game i used to claim that Fifa is unfortunately light years
ahead of pes, well after reading all the experts reviews and playing the demo it is now Fifa that is clearly behind.
Headers are a joy to watch, but there are still issues. It is a bit hard to score on them, but maybe when the full game is out and i hit the training mode for hours i might find out that it is actually good.
Crosses reminds me of David Beckhams crosses in his prime, they are that good.
If a skillful superstar is performing a cross he might do the backheel cross.
The gameplay is the real star of the show, this game was made by people that really and truly understands the beauty of the game. If one of your players flair passes to a teammate, the receiving player of the ball has a quick look around to see who is open, then he continues the beautiful passing with another flair pass and so on. But this will only happen if it makes sense, that is the beauty of it.
Everything happening in the game usually makes sense! Players constantly move around and search for open spaces, if you see them pointing to a spot never hesitate to pass it there!
The AI is really clever this year, the passing game and goals i have conceded against the AI is fair.Team ids is presented beautifully. Teams have different styles, different tactics that acually makes a difference! In Fifa Stoke City can control the ball like Barca.
Through balls is finally back, but in a fair and realistic way.
The collision system was really needed in this series, now it is here and it is perfect.
You will not see 10 chicken heads tripping and falling on top of each other like in Fifa.
Strong and tall players will win a strength duel, but the weaker and shorter player might steal the ball back with a clever flick over him.
Press the right stick(PS4) and your player will perform beautiful kick ups, but not in a showboating and unnecessary way. You can even use this to bring down and control a long pass, this neat touch takes me back to Zidane at his best. The defending part of the game works fine, it can be better but it is clearly better then the horrible tactical defending in Fifa. Slide tackles is incredible to watch, performing them while looking at the way your opponent eats the grass is pure class. I wish i would see a red or even a yellow card if i missed on the tackle, the refs are really blind this year. Cameroons national team in the 90s would have a field day in this game.
The keepers are realistic, they even do things i have not seen before in a football game, they can make
triple saves that look realistic( It looks so good it is really a jaw dropping moment)
If a high ball is near the post they will not take any chances and box the ball out behind and above the goal. Konami really did their homework, problems with the keepers was a major issue before. Keep in mind this year adds keeper id, since i have only played the demo i can confirm that Buffon has id and Manuel Neuer too. It is a joy to watch Neuer rushing out of goal only when he knows he will get to the ball before the attacker. Speaking of id, i believe the most important feature in Pes is the player ids.
I am so grateful that Konami included this on their games back in Pes 2013. This is what really seperates Pes and Fifa. While fIfa has maybe 1 or 2 player ids in only the major teams(Benzema in Fifa 16 looks like a bodybuilder juiced up on steroids) While Pes has at least 15 player ids on the biggest and the mid level teams. Even the small teams has many player ids. You can really tell who is who just by watching the tv screen. They run and play as their real life counterparts.
It is so good it is kind of creepy.
Edit mode for PS4 is suppose to be king this year, it will take us only a few hours to paste all the kits,
when it is saved you will be set for the whole season. I can not say anything about the different modes, since i do not have the game. The online part of the game is going to be vital for Konami.
As many Fifa players are ready to switch to pes 2016, but are not sure how solid the online servers will be?I am talking about people that are used to ultimate team, co-op and pro clubs.So only time will tell.
But gameplay wise this is the one that we have been waiting for. It is so good that i am ready to depend on it for the next 3 years!

[nunogomes]

Quote: Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake

Can someone tell me if the passing accuracy has dramatically been toned down at all (not referring to the % statistics, but the actual passes in the game.

Ok, if you put the pass assit at 1 or 0, you WILL miss a lot of passes and so.

The CPU misses passes regardless of this.

In FIFA, you can make the passing slider higher to make the CPU miss passes, however, it will also disrupt the offense of the CPU. Play more games and you will see.

[Flohghurette]

Hi,

is there someone who play the PC version and can tell some about the differents to PS4 and XOne? May can post some picture from the PC Version?

greets

[KennyJ1976]

Quote: Originally Posted by schnakenpopanz

PES 6 was and will be the best game ever created. No fifa, no pes ever could compete with that. Just watch some videos and you will know what I mean. Back to topic, I think they are taking steps in the right direction, but both games fifa and pes have their flaws.

PES 6 was good for its time, but its time for you guys to let that **** go. There's no way that outdated game is better than either PES 2016 or FIFA 16. With that said, I'm enjoying PES 2016 on PS4. It looks and plays a bit better than the demo. Not looking forward to all the editing, but if you want the game perfect, it's going to take a little work.

[BatsBike1314]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flohghurette

Hi, is there someone who play the PC version and can tell some about the differents to PS4 and XOne? May can post some picture from the PC Version? greets

yeah .. and when the demo for PC will be available ..