08-29-2015, 10:13 PM
Figured we tend to have a thread dedicated to one football game (usually FIFA), but end up talking about various, so it made sense to have one where people could talk about any they play, whether it's FIFA, PES or FM (or others).
Anyway, I played the PES 2016 demo today and really enjoyed it. Much of the gameplay feels like what I said on last year's title, but what impressed me was the tweaks to make it feel more tactically realistic. In terms of gameplay, I felt I had to think more when out of possession to press the opponents correctly. My general approach was to press off the ball well and when in possession break aggressively and quickly. This meant I'd often end up with less possession during matches, but I'd be in complete control of the match with my pressing. Alternatively, I also felt that if I wanted to play a more possession based game, I really could by utilising the passing game.
There's also new tactical options available this year. Most notably, you can set tactics in various phases of the game, such as your standard formation at kick off, the formation of the side when attacking and the formation of the side when defending. That ability to adjust the team's shape to different scenarios really excites me, but more than that, you can adjust how the team plays/behaves (e.g. how they press, focus in positioning or style) in these different scenarios. That could open up a level of detail in the tactical aspects of the game not seen before. I've not played with it too much, but I'm very excited in testing it out.
Anyway, I played the PES 2016 demo today and really enjoyed it. Much of the gameplay feels like what I said on last year's title, but what impressed me was the tweaks to make it feel more tactically realistic. In terms of gameplay, I felt I had to think more when out of possession to press the opponents correctly. My general approach was to press off the ball well and when in possession break aggressively and quickly. This meant I'd often end up with less possession during matches, but I'd be in complete control of the match with my pressing. Alternatively, I also felt that if I wanted to play a more possession based game, I really could by utilising the passing game.
There's also new tactical options available this year. Most notably, you can set tactics in various phases of the game, such as your standard formation at kick off, the formation of the side when attacking and the formation of the side when defending. That ability to adjust the team's shape to different scenarios really excites me, but more than that, you can adjust how the team plays/behaves (e.g. how they press, focus in positioning or style) in these different scenarios. That could open up a level of detail in the tactical aspects of the game not seen before. I've not played with it too much, but I'm very excited in testing it out.