Obviously the game has not been out long and I would not normally review a game until I have played many hours. However my review is purely based on the actual gameplay on the pitch, which is what a football game is all about. I am not reviewing game modes, online etc. Purely one player gameplay against the CPU. Like many I was excited about the game having put in a lot of time on the demoObviously the game has not been out long and I would not normally review a game until I have played many hours. However my review is purely based on the actual gameplay on the pitch, which is what a football game is all about. I am not reviewing game modes, online etc. Purely one player gameplay against the CPU. Like many I was excited about the game having put in a lot of time on the demo for PES 2015. I am an old time PES player, having always played it and preferred it over Fifa on the ps1 and ps2. Growing up this was always the game for me over Fifa. We all know that Fifa improved to an extent and has been better than PES in the most part over the lifetime of the ps3. For me the only half decent versions of PES on the ps3 are 2013 and this game (2015). The rest really are poor and not worth it.
PES 2015 is by no means a complete disaster, but I have been left feeling rather underwhelmed. Maybe it is much better on the ps4? I don't know. The gameplay is now better but it is still some way behind the glory days of PES 5 and PES 6 (ps2). For me it feels very much on rails, as does Fifa to be honest. Surely in this age of technology we should expect so much more from a football game. I very much hope that another developer goes into making football games as really Konami and EA Sports are producing mediocre games at best. Think I will just have to go without an up to date football game. There are a few issues on the pitch with PES 2015, first the ref is a joke. Yellow cards are branded like they are going out of fashion. You can get many yellow cards without even making a slide tackle (i.e. by doing a standing tackle). It feels like if the CPU wants to dance past 4/5 of your defenders then they can, and there is nothing you can do about it. As I say, both football games these days appear to be on rails, which means you have little control, thus defeating the object of a "game". The movement of your players is dreadful. Sometimes it can be difficult to get the ball to your striker, as he stands behind an opposition player and rarely moves. I hate the arrows etc for corners and free kicks, yes they can be turned off but why include such a thing in the first place.
The game is not terrible, it is ok. It just becomes boring very quickly as there is little to get excited about. It's just a bit flat. I used to love the magic moments on PES of old, sadly I don't think we will ever get that back. Championship teams are included but it appears Konami know very little about Championship players and their stats are not accurate, from what I have seen.
I guess to sum up I would say this is not a terrible game, it's just too predictable, too much on rails and not that much fun.… Expand
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