Luckily, there are plenty of levels in the middle so every gamer can find their sweet spot where the game is both challenging and fun. While anyone can pick up and play on the lower difficulty levels, the highest levels are reserved for the very skilled.
There is a huge learning curve required before playing at the higher difficulty levels. There’s also a dizzying array of special moves and different movement options.
The controls are excellent, responsive and intuitive. PES’s quality shows up most where it truly matters: on the pitch. While Konami’s franchise likely won’t win the sales battle this year, there is certainly going to debate on if PES has moved ahead in terms of quality. The arrival of the PS4/Xbox One era provides PES a chance to reclaim their throne. PES didn’t make the transition well, and FIFA took control. PES games ruled the market with controls, artificial intelligence, and tactics that rival FIFA games simply couldn’t compete with. That changed with the arrival of the PS3/Xbox 360 era. The pitch was clearly theirs back in the PS2 era. Then I thought, “You know, they might just be right about that.” That is, until I put the game into my PS4 and starting playing.
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“The pitch is ours,” the tagline for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2015, seemed like wishful thinking considering the state of the franchise in recent years. Platforms: PS3, PS4 (reviewed version), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows