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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 Ships with Roughly 20 Stadiums, No Stadium Editor or Rain

05:10 PM - August 28, 2013 by Krebstar

PES European Community Manager, Adam Bhatti has confirmed PES 2014 will not have a stadium editor or rain implemented in the game this year.

Due to exclusive agreements with EA, many of the major European stadiums, including all of the Spanish stadiums have been removed. Since the news came fairly late to the PES team, roughly 20 stadiums will be available when the game ships.

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# 41 KG @ 08/29/13 05:04 PM

In EA's defense the whole concept of edit mode is a huge infringement on the licenses they legally purchased. If I were EA I'd be livid if the competitor gives users the option of editing the game to include clubs/leagues that I purchased. It defeats the whole purpose of having licenses. And yes, it does work both ways with Konami locking EA out of the Champions Leauge. What makes me upset is that EA has the licenses for these Stadiums now and don't even use them. On Next-Gen every major league should have all of their stadiums.

EA is going to eventually force Konami out of the European market as they just cannot compete with those deep pockets. I don't know if the Asian/South American markets can sustain series.

# 42 dtlm6 @ 08/29/13 10:10 PM

Just recently got into video soccer and purchased FIFA 13 last year. However, I plan to buy Pro Evolution Soccer 2014. One question I have: Does PES have all the MLS teams?

# 43 rckabillyRaider @ 08/29/13 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dtlm6


	Just recently got into video soccer and purchased FIFA 13 last year. However, I plan to buy Pro Evolution Soccer 2014. One question I have: Does PES have all the MLS teams?

no. However , connoll (who kinda disappeared from OS) , usually makes a great mls option file. Of course that remains to be seen with 2014.

# 44 Simaofan-20 @ 08/29/13 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KG


	In EA's defense the whole concept of edit mode is a huge infringement on the licenses they legally purchased. If I were EA I'd be livid if the competitor gives users the option of editing the game to include clubs/leagues that I purchased. It defeats the whole purpose of having licenses. And yes, it does work both ways with Konami locking EA out of the Champions Leauge. What makes me upset is that EA has the licenses for these Stadiums now and don't even use them. On Next-Gen every major league should have all of their stadiums. EA is going to eventually force Konami out of the European market as they just cannot compete with those deep pockets. I don't know if the Asian/South American markets can sustain series.

PES has had an edit mode for years and no one did anything until this year. Not to mention stadium creator has been around for a few years as well. Seems like EA may be scared

# 45 ronaldo9 @ 08/30/13 12:41 AM

No rain? WTF?!

# 46 Simple Mathematics @ 08/30/13 12:51 AM

I really don't care if my players are playing Mars. If the gameplay is good, then it will be fun to play!

# 47 hawkeyekid @ 09/02/13 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KG


	In EA's defense the whole concept of edit mode is a huge infringement on the licenses they legally purchased. If I were EA I'd be livid if the competitor gives users the option of editing the game to include clubs/leagues that I purchased. It defeats the whole purpose of having licenses. And yes, it does work both ways with Konami locking EA out of the Champions Leauge. What makes me upset is that EA has the licenses for these Stadiums now and don't even use them. On Next-Gen every major league should have all of their stadiums. EA is going to eventually force Konami out of the European market as they just cannot compete with those deep pockets. I don't know if the Asian/South American markets can sustain series.

Yet, you know EA will include an editor on their college football game if they can't get all the teams and conference licenses.

# 48 LingeringRegime @ 09/02/13 03:07 PM

I hope that PES will make at least one appearance on the next gen consoles. I am so worried right now about their future.

If nothing happens I will hang on to PES 2014 and play it until I die.

# 49 luijo @ 09/02/13 05:05 PM

I cant belive EA is going to kill another great sport franchise (NFL 2K) being the first. Personally dont care about licensed teams as long as we can recreate them with a nice set of tools. But most of the people cares.

I think this is wrong, someone should stop this licensing bull****. I know that EA also got hurt with this strategy once, with the MVP Baseball franchise. This only affects us, the consumers... As long as theres no competition well be getting the same game over and over.

# 50 KG @ 09/02/13 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by hawkeyekid


	Yet, you know EA will include an editor on their college football game if they can't get all the teams and conference licenses.

That could change the way the lawsuit is looking.

# 51 Keirik @ 09/03/13 01:07 AM

Someone please explain how they remove weather from the game considering a large portion of Europe plays footie in the rain

Ffs, 90% of every bpl game is in the rain

# 52 LingeringRegime @ 09/03/13 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Keirik


	Someone please explain how they remove weather from the game considering a large portion of Europe plays footie in the rain Ffs, 90% of every bpl game is in the rain

From what I understand EA licensed rain.

I kid. I kid.

Seriously, what I heard was that they were focusing this year on getting the gameplay right. I can only assume they will be working on it next year. I admit I was pretty startled at the news as well.

# 53 JimmyDeicide @ 09/03/13 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by LingeringRegime


	From what I understand EA licensed rain. I kid. I kid. Seriously, what I heard was that they were focusing this year on getting the gameplay right. I can only assume they will be working on it next year. I admit I was pretty startled at the news as well.

Close, you can only get certain weather in certain stadiums so all those Spanish stadiums that they locked Pes out of 50% maybe will have rain. You cant even see the stadiums when your actually playing Fifa thats another pisser for me.

# 54 Simaofan-20 @ 09/03/13 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Keirik


	Someone please explain how they remove weather from the game considering a large portion of Europe plays footie in the rain Ffs, 90% of every bpl game is in the rain

They only had 1 year with this engine and are still making tweaks as is. They didn't have time to add in rain and the effects it would have on the gameplay. It sucks , but honestly I never play in the rain so for me it doesn't matter but I can understand why it would bother some. Imo, its more a you don't care until you lose it for some people lol

# 55 Krebstar @ 09/03/13 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Keirik


	Ffs, 90% of every bpl game is in the rain

And the other 10% is played in snow!

Seems a bit exaggerated, unless you have some stats. Perhaps 50%.

# 56 ps3veron @ 09/03/13 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Simaofan-20


	They only had 1 year with this engine and are still making tweaks as is. They didn't have time to add in rain and the effects it would have on the gameplay. It sucks , but honestly I never play in the rain so for me it doesn't matter but I can understand why it would bother some. Imo, its more a you don't care until you lose it for some people lol

Well similar to what I heard which was the current gen didn't have the necessary resources to sustain the entire engine so they omitted rain until next year. So we'll see rain and the whole shebang on the PS4/X1.

Think of this year as a nice engine demo and that already looks better than that other game.

# 57 NHLandPESFan @ 09/03/13 03:02 PM

The stadium thing is not a big deal to me as I hate the Spanish league and don't particularly care about authentic stadiums anyway. If they ever take out the real edit mode, that would be a problem although since I play PES on PC, I'm sure someone would figure out how to edit the real names and teams eventually.

# 58 Keirik @ 09/03/13 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Krebstar


	And the other 10% is played in snow! Seems a bit exaggerated, unless you have some stats. Perhaps 50%.

Way to nitpick on a percentage when the point is already clear to everyone. Soccer in europe is played. In the rain, and often.

# 59 PES3Paul @ 09/03/13 06:05 PM

PES 13 PC modded supports over 60 stadia. I would implore mod geniuses like Dido, Smoke and PES Edit to continue to support at least the rosters for PES13, then. I will not purchase PES14 as a result of this. FIFA wins this upcoming round by default, as it'll be a day one PS4 title.

# 60 infemous @ 09/08/13 05:12 AM

I was really considering buying PES this year, and still may do, although the loss of rain is a difficult one to take.

Weather in sports games is such a huge factor, and often its such a maligned aspect of the strategy and drama of a game.

I hope when it is brought back, its a bit like weather on Madden 03 (PS2). I have never been so amazed at how variable the weather was in a game. I could have some absolute sodden fields and thunder with dramatic lighting, or I could play in light snow. I could also play in hot weather with wind or a crisp cool evening...

It really diversified the experience and was huge for me. I remember clamouring for it in PES at the time...

The stadium thing is something that I never used to really worry about. As long as some stadiums feel tall and epic enough, like a top level team's stadium should, or they have an intimate one like Old Trafford, as well as some smaller scale stadiums that range in intimacy (loved the Dortmund one way back on PS2 - was it Weidenfeller Stadium?) I will be fine.
I hope that we can still select which stadium is each teams' default, and I've been so out of touch with PES it will be interesting to see how the editor has progressed.

Again, I never minded not having licensed stuff (except for when trying to get players onto national teams and never knowing what to do with the fake named duplicates lol) because I could edit it all and even update to new kits before the next game came out, giving me a whole summer of play too.
This aspect appealed to me less as I got older, as I just did not, and likely will not, have the time to invest in this process as I did before.

Is there any way to have a look at what people have achieved with the editor so as to see if it works well?

Playing the demo for 2013 last year and spanking goals with ease in only 2 (?) mins on the hardest difficulty after not playing PES since PS2 days really put me off... Hoping the game feels smarter and more dynamic with this new engine!

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