Even with a solid connection, the game gets taken down a notch thanks to slow responses when trying to dribble, or pass, or shoot, or anything.
Modern day Rooney is the online side of the coin heavier, sluggish and deserving of some much needed bashing from critics. Imagine the whole gameplay is Wayne Rooney – bear with me here – and the offline side of play is young Rooney full of life, excitement and some would argue an absolute world-beater. However, there’s a catch which could be huge depending on your playing preferences. I’ve been waxing lyrical about the gameplay, and rightfully so. Are keepers better than last year? Maybe just a tad. They let in some stupid goals too, jumping over trickling balls and barely reaching out to a ball that’s well within reach. Their animations are just a little odd, with them all diving around like Pong batons, instead of with realistic movements. If I were to find a real criticism, it’d be about the supposedly improved Goalkeepers.
Nitpicking? Possibly, because the gameplay is that damn great at what it tries to do. Scoring goals is still as thrilling as ever, but seeing overhead kicks and jumping heel-flicks regularly being my type of finish, by accident really, took the shine off the brilliance of the moves. The strength side really comes into play for aerial instances, where the strongest jumpers usually come out on top, which is how it should be. Big players can get all up in your face to steal the ball, whilst the weaklings can just avoid contact and leave you in their dust with a little shimmy. On the topic of running, I’m rather pleased at the fact it doesn’t play a major part in winning games you’ll find no pace abusing, instead there feels as if there’s a focus on physicality.
There’s no limitation on passing Barca style first touch to your team mate and make the opposition run around in a similar vein to headless chickens as much as you want, although the clever A.I. The new ball control techniques can be magical, and there’s a real buzz to be gotten by simply shifting a player’s body to shimmy past an on-rushing defender.Įvery movement, and pass, is smooth like melted chocolate. They’ve done this by continuing down the more arcade style football route, with an emphasis on keeping it relatively easy to pick up and play for newcomers and veterans, which I completely applaud as they do it so well. In a sports game, gameplay can ultimately make or break the success of a title, and PES needs to stand out from behind the behemoth that is FIFA.
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