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You have more options to move the ball in very specific ways, such as on the outside of the foot to flick past a defender, or keeping the ball close to your foot when shielding the ball. Pace is excellent, and the realism gives every game moments of madness, but as long as you’re in tune with the players pros and cons, and your formation helps to boost the positives, you’ll find you’ve got more control of your team.Īs for individual control, you have a wider spectrum, whether receiving a pass or breaking away from a marker. You can’t send notoriously slower players on fast breaks as it just won’t work and the AI will trap you or stop you in your tracks, so playing to individual players strengths matters more now than it ever did. You can still counter after an attack, and speed still plays a huge part, but its focus more on every stat is much clearer – not all players can do everything. This allows for the opposition to compose themselves after a break, and get back into defense, so you’re having to plan your attack with much more precision and variety. You’re made to think about your route to the oppositions goal, and no sneaky passes can be made without better vision of where you want to go. Playing now, and playing lots, I believe this is the best thing that’s happened to PES in ages. PES 2018 had me playing much differently than last year’s game. PES has always been focused more on the arcade style football game, but aimed more toward realism the past few years, now leaning more on this than ever before. I played a pre-release version a few months back, and one of the most glaring differences was how slower it felt. Forget the debate of whether it’s better than FIFA (it is, at the moment), and focus on everything right with this latest iteration because there is only one football game you need to play, and it is this. Over the years, PES has grown better with each entry (with a few wobbles along the way), fine-tuning its mechanics to perfection.