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  1. Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Manipulation. Manipulation. Manipulation. This is the game in a nutshell. Weather you play offline or online most of the time you have no control over the actions. It is the most frustrating game I have ever played. If you are a casual player, great. You start playing and Konami looks after you. As you progress moving up with difficulty or reaching a higher ranking in online modes the gameManipulation. Manipulation. Manipulation. This is the game in a nutshell. Weather you play offline or online most of the time you have no control over the actions. It is the most frustrating game I have ever played. If you are a casual player, great. You start playing and Konami looks after you. As you progress moving up with difficulty or reaching a higher ranking in online modes the game starts twisting everything and the joy goes out of the window. Not sure what they are trying to achieve here. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS GAME! Expand
  2. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    the same as PES 2020, but even worse than PES 2020 1.01. totally scripted. rip pes
  3. May 26, 2021
    0
    Somehow Konami keep making Pes worse and worse with each new edition. The game is fully scripted, no control of outcome of the match. Do not recommend
  4. Jun 3, 2021
    2
    - Inexplicably misplaced passes
    - Passes often are hit straight at the opponent’s legs
    - Half the normal double-tap tackles are fouls even when the ball is won but instances when a player is shoved to ground are legal - When a user switches to a defender chasing an opposition player, the user’s defender will pause for a split-second, break his momentum and thus allow the opposition
    - Inexplicably misplaced passes
    - Passes often are hit straight at the opponent’s legs
    - Half the normal double-tap tackles are fouls even when the ball is won but instances when a player is shoved to ground are legal
    - When a user switches to a defender chasing an opposition player, the user’s defender will pause for a split-second, break his momentum and thus allow the opposition attacker to run ahead
    - Supporting (AI-controlled) players will stand around gazing instead of moving in the direction of the ball
    - Players that lose the ball will stand and watch instead of moving in the direction of the ball to try to recover it - Players with high stats like Ronaldo will slip when taking a straightforward shot
    - Players with high stats will fail to shoot on target even without pressure
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  5. Jan 14, 2021
    0
    Games are scripted, gameplay is boring and you cannot turn off the replays which is annoying.
  6. May 24, 2021
    0
    Everytime you play against strong teams the game automatically put them in advantage, with scary own goals, they winning every ball dispute, and your defensors become the most stupid ones as npc’s! Oh also you fowards loose goals that when you are playing weaker adversary’s, they never lose! KONAMI EVERYTHING WE WANT IS A FAIR GAME!
  7. Mar 23, 2021
    3
    Konami had an opportunity to take the lead in football game genre. Sadly they were more interested in manipulating and frustrating players for a quick buck (myclub). The engine is pretty good and when the game just let's you play (without the insane scripting/handicapping/momentum/whatever) it can be a lot of fun. I just can't bring myself to play it anymore. It literally feels whenKonami had an opportunity to take the lead in football game genre. Sadly they were more interested in manipulating and frustrating players for a quick buck (myclub). The engine is pretty good and when the game just let's you play (without the insane scripting/handicapping/momentum/whatever) it can be a lot of fun. I just can't bring myself to play it anymore. It literally feels when playing pes2021 like there is a little troll in the playstation that's trying to get you as frustrated and miserable as possible, just to get you to spend some cash to strengthen your team. Which are useless since the pes troll decides whether your players will do anything right on the pitch.
    We need an indy football game
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  8. Nov 21, 2020
    0
    La misma basura llena de scripts de todos los años, la computadora decide tus pases y la dirección de tus jugadores según le convenga.
  9. Feb 7, 2021
    0
    Ну что тут можно сказать, игра не становится лучше из года в год... раздражающий ИИ, из-за тупейших ошибок которого невозможно нормально играть, переходит из игры в игру... В общем, я не могу больше в это играть...
  10. Feb 12, 2021
    0
    Онлайн режим отстой, судейство полный бред. При игре в мяч судья дает желтую карточку. Гандикап в онлайне решает. Отскоки мяча только в одну сторону, простейшие пасы не проходят, тупейший ИИ, когда мяч катится рядом с игроком, но он даже не бежит к нему. Задержка отклика при нажатии. Каждый подкат считай нарушение и желтая карточка. В общем японцы явно не знают что такое футбол. Из плюсовОнлайн режим отстой, судейство полный бред. При игре в мяч судья дает желтую карточку. Гандикап в онлайне решает. Отскоки мяча только в одну сторону, простейшие пасы не проходят, тупейший ИИ, когда мяч катится рядом с игроком, но он даже не бежит к нему. Задержка отклика при нажатии. Каждый подкат считай нарушение и желтая карточка. В общем японцы явно не знают что такое футбол. Из плюсов красивая графика и все. Меню из 90-х годов. Не рекомендую к покупке. Expand
  11. Dec 3, 2020
    0
    Lixo de jogo!!! Jogador trombando o tempo todo, zagueiro entregando toda hora, bug um atrás do outro. LIXO!!! KONAMI LIXO!!!
  12. Dec 5, 2020
    2
    This is game is goodish but I can't give it a good score because this should of how Pes 20 should of been, ridiculous what gaming companies get away with these days....
  13. Jan 30, 2021
    0
    Ставлю единицу, играю с 2007 года, pes 2021 просто параша. Невозможно представить как они сделали ТАКОЕ ГАВНО?! КАК? У меня уже все сгорело, поиграйте онлайн, там тупость компьютерного "интеллекта" который "помогает" тебе стремится к бесконечности. Это Ад. Несколько болезненных примеров:
    1) Твои игроки в упор не видят мяча, который лежит перед их ногами, вместо того чтобы выбить его на
    Ставлю единицу, играю с 2007 года, pes 2021 просто параша. Невозможно представить как они сделали ТАКОЕ ГАВНО?! КАК? У меня уже все сгорело, поиграйте онлайн, там тупость компьютерного "интеллекта" который "помогает" тебе стремится к бесконечности. Это Ад. Несколько болезненных примеров:
    1) Твои игроки в упор не видят мяча, который лежит перед их ногами, вместо того чтобы выбить его на хуй, из штрафной. стоят вылупившись как бараны на новые ворота, соперник с удовольствием этим пользуется и с метра разъебывает твои ворота страшным выстрелом.
    2) Не часто, но бывает, что на тебя может наткнуться свой же игрок, просто бежит на перерез и сбивает тебя, мяч потерян.
    3) Переключение на игроков полностью рандомное, переключается именно на того, на кого не нужно.
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  14. Feb 3, 2021
    0
    One of the worst series of pes even worse than last year just **** konami effect
  15. Feb 10, 2021
    1
    Не покупайте игру! Сохраните свои деньги, из года в гож становится хуже и хуже, онлайн мертвейший с самого старта, ИИ максимально подкруенный, скриптов тут стало больше чем в фифе.
  16. Apr 11, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é horrível. Mecânica é porca (sendo muito gentil), o gráfico é péssimo e nitidamente a cpu é ajudada (handcap). Nota 0, pq 0 é o mínimo. Se tivesse -1000, seria -1000. Uma b0st4 Expand
  17. Apr 15, 2021
    0
    Questi giochi qui non possono essere competitivi se esistono degli script che sbilanciano la partita a favore di un giocatore. Ero passato a PES da fifa per via del momentum di quest'ultimo, ma sfortunatamente è presente allo stesso modo anche qui. Rispetto a PES 2020 notoun peggioramento l
  18. Sep 22, 2020
    0
    One of the worst series of PES. Even worse than last year. I'm not sure why they ruined all the good things that existed in PES19. Really disappointed with this game.
  19. Oct 8, 2020
    2
    Unresponsive and clunky. Game of mistakes and superman saves. Comes down to luck and best Internet connection who wins
  20. Oct 14, 2020
    2
    Made the switch from Fifa a week ago, I prefer the gameplay of PES but my god the online is frustrating, my team chem is 99 but plays like -99, my players can hardly play a pass ended not winning in twenty games so deleted the game, my club is garbage and is worse than FUT, back to Fifa i go, sigh
  21. Oct 3, 2020
    4
    Having played every single entry in this series since the PS1 days, I can say this is one of the worst entries to date and most certainly the worst release of the past 5 years.

    First of all, it's a season update so if you own PES 2020, stick to it. The changes in gameplay have made the game worse than the previous vesion that was already a bit of a scripted mess after the last patches.
    Having played every single entry in this series since the PS1 days, I can say this is one of the worst entries to date and most certainly the worst release of the past 5 years.

    First of all, it's a season update so if you own PES 2020, stick to it. The changes in gameplay have made the game worse than the previous vesion that was already a bit of a scripted mess after the last patches.

    The "update" itself is a joke. Most teams and leagues have not been updated at all. Certainly if you play a smaller league team, the roster will be unchanged from the starting roster of PES2020. I understood this will be patched at some point but what is the use of launching an update if the update has not been done? There are no cosmetic changes worth mentioning compared to the 2020 version.

    Most game modes are unchanged and remain as unsupported as they have been for years.
    My club is more or less the only mode that receives attention.

    The my club gameplay however is held back by the total lack of defensive AI and heavy scripted gameplay. A lot of players just spam lofted through balls from deep - hope you get Beckham from the Legends - and often these simple over the top balls will create a one on one with the keeper as your defender sometimes turns into a dummy doll that trips or just decides he will run in the opposite direction the attacker is running. I've played over 100 online games since launch and I think 90 of them started a kickoff passing back to long pass specialist that then kicked the ball with a long through ball hoping AI would grant him a goal.

    Switching players also often results in the newly controlled player to react like somebody who just woke up and doesn't realise he was in a football match doing things like stopping mid-run, take a step in the wrong direction creating space for your opponent,...

    And what I find very disappointing, as this has been great in the past, is the individual feel of players. Some players with high acceleration scores feel sluggish. Strong players sometimes feel weak.

    Just to be clear. I'm a fan of the series and FIFA has dropped the ball so bad over the last few years so this is most likely still the best option if you want to play a game of football. But if that's what you're after, stick to PES2020 or pick up the free version that will no doubt release around the start of the year. Maybe future patches will improve the game but at this point, this feels like a half-finished game and KONAMI grabbing some money from what is left of their fanbase.
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  22. Oct 25, 2020
    0
    Realmente en la misma basura que fifa, delay hándicap (efecto konami) fallas inexplicables y goles irreales los jugadores de un momento a otro se vuelven imbéciles sin la menor idea de lo que es dar un pase o simplemente no quieren agarrar el balón en una lastima por que en el apartado gráfico es una maravilla pero aún así las habilidades de los jugadores no sirven para una mierda cuandoRealmente en la misma basura que fifa, delay hándicap (efecto konami) fallas inexplicables y goles irreales los jugadores de un momento a otro se vuelven imbéciles sin la menor idea de lo que es dar un pase o simplemente no quieren agarrar el balón en una lastima por que en el apartado gráfico es una maravilla pero aún así las habilidades de los jugadores no sirven para una mierda cuando tienes el juego en tu contra que mal que sea así por que tanto los rostros como la forma de jugar de los jugadores es muy parecida a la realidad ojala y arreglaran eso pero esta mas que claro que no lo harán al menos en esta edición por ahora no hay juego de fútbol que valga la pena Expand
  23. Sep 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Scripted from beginning to end. Really fake game. Hoping for a better Pes 2022 Expand
  24. Sep 25, 2020
    0
    This is but an update ...why do u introduce it as a new one? This could be called PES 202021 instead :P
  25. Oct 13, 2020
    0
    Es la misma mierda desde 2006 hasta 2021 la peor franquicia de videojuegos solo agregaron nuevos entrenadores en le liga master y el online va fatal compren fifa
  26. Sep 29, 2020
    0
    Zero improvement compared to its earlier version with all the flaws as usual. Offline gameplay could be rated at about 7/10, online gameplay is -10/10, hence, an average of 0.
  27. May 23, 2021
    2
    Pvp in this game,so awful! it cant NOT be coincidence... Frustrating on purpose.

    This game is like a Curse! It is crafted for the morons and you become just a laughing stock for trying some actual football. I would list twenty things to be solved for a better PES and but i have zero belief that the devs actually tried and failed. It is evident that is intentional and for the average
    Pvp in this game,so awful! it cant NOT be coincidence... Frustrating on purpose.

    This game is like a Curse! It is crafted for the morons and you become just a laughing stock for trying some actual football.

    I would list twenty things to be solved for a better PES and but i have zero belief that the devs actually tried and failed. It is evident that is intentional and for the average audience.Game does not care if you are doing the correct things or not, it will find every possible was to make things not count while trying to make everything work for the other side.

    Their only intention can be to keep the user base at the game but it goes out of his was to insane lenghts to try to make sure you fail.

    ı have witnessed players refusing to intercept, refusing to obey to supercancel driven runs, well prepared key shots.

    It like a playing a guitar but the tunes and chords never come out as intended unless you paid for big dlc and constanty.

    I curse all of those responsible for this manipulative crowd pleasing shovelware.

    God damn the people and their families that are responsible for making such a "accessible" game that rewards ignorance in expense of skill and perception.
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  28. Sep 19, 2020
    0
    Sabe-se que uma atualização, mas também eles não teriam que cobrar 30 $, pelo menos, eles definiram o conteúdo do modo de jogo alguns estádios, algumas animações da liga mestre ou recriaram o treinador da liga mestre, seguiram o mesmo desde 2018 copiar e colar 1 ano segurando com este jogo 0 motivação apenas para você moedas de juros. myclub ainda é a mesma merda de ser uma lenda não mudaSabe-se que uma atualização, mas também eles não teriam que cobrar 30 $, pelo menos, eles definiram o conteúdo do modo de jogo alguns estádios, algumas animações da liga mestre ou recriaram o treinador da liga mestre, seguiram o mesmo desde 2018 copiar e colar 1 ano segurando com este jogo 0 motivação apenas para você moedas de juros. myclub ainda é a mesma merda de ser uma lenda não muda nem o mesmo das parcelas anteriores do pes nem que pode lixo empresa. Será o último peixe que comprarei Não darei meu dinheiro a ineptos como vocês que só se interessam por pequenas moedas $$$$ Expand
  29. Sep 19, 2020
    0
    This game is garbage, very slow game, a lot of bags, bad server!!!! Baddddd, any kids can win easily, waisted of money , do not buy this garbage
  30. Sep 20, 2020
    2
    My club is terrible. Script is there and is ugly. It will make you lose tet a tet with mesi(95 rating )and make a 70 enemy rated player score easily. Stay away from on line.if you like off line master league its enjoyable.
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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Nov 3, 2020
    77
    eFootball PES 2021 Season Update is a title that impresses us in gameplay and at the same time disappoints us in innovation. We expected much more from the great Konami in this installment.
  2. Oct 8, 2020
    70
    The word ''update'' perfectly describes not only this edition of the game but probably the last five titles in a row. Then again, PES remains to be a good, license lacking simulation. The price is fair but the wait is real, as we are already looking forward to the new installment that will shake things up a bit, after a long wait.
  3. Oct 1, 2020
    78
    eFootball PES 2021 is still the best football simulation, but its Season Update isn't yet what you were waiting for.