
You can even use the link Feint editor to build your own sequences of tricks to mesmerise defences. Combining the right stick, left stick (for directional movement during tricks) and left shoulder button you can perform a huge array of feints, dummies and tricks very easily. During open play the right stick can be used to perform certain skills with the ball, from step-overs and feints to rainbow flicks and even diving. The new system of building flair moves onto the right analogue stick is an inspired move. It just got hidden beneath a layer of stilted controls and cumbersome animation. The deep-lying need to build from the back, apply pressure and use your vision to create chances has never left the series. I feel that over recent years PES has, to a degree, lost its way. I’ve owned every Pro Evo release with the exception of 2010’s.

Ever since it was International Superstar Soccer I could appreciate its depth and accuracy. This is a review of Pro Evolution Soccer and, for the most part, we’re going to judge it on its own merits. The other half just want to know if it’s better than the other game. Both have fans that are entrenched in their chosen franchise and blind to the merits of the opposition.ĭeep down, of course, you know that half of the people reading the review have already decided which of the big two they’re going to get and are just looking for ammunition for the next year of arguments with fans of the opposing franchise. Both are packed with features to a point where it’s difficult to cover everything in the detail it may deserve.

Writing a review for one of the two big football/soccer franchises is often a thankless task.
