Before the official release of FIFA 14 and PES 2014 in September, the 10 Sport was able to test both simulations football the most anticipated of the season. Here's our review of the franchise from Konami.
Graphics: Who says new game engine says new graphics. And if Konami has not yet met the challenge to meet or exceed its competitor EA Sports on aesthetics, the developer has polished its jewel. From the first frame, the improvement is obvious and incommensurate with the previous versions. The players won in detail, and also held tifos supporters are beautiful.
Gameplay: A return to a simulation worthy of the name for this new album. The new engine brings new sensations and game developers have made ​​sure to put in the service of soccer , real. Almost everything is based on the real control of the ball strikes through parades of each specific goal. Buffon attempt to block the ball while Neuer prefer parades way goalkeeper handball. Do not look foolish gestures, you will not find. Like FIFA 14 , the construction of the game and precision passing and ball control will be crucial to try to shake the opponent's net. If FIFA has taken floating strikes PES , PES has piqued the concept of fast FIFA key, nothing to sulk our pleasure.
Atmosphere: This is one of the significant improvements in this new version of PES . The atmosphere of the stadium has been completely revamped. The public is now sounds and plays a real role in 12 th man at certain times of the game. The public can literally affect the performance of the team and galvanize the players. It also reacts differently in each country and the football culture that matches it.
Community: Working on the gameplay and graphics, PES could not gain in quality in all areas. For very discrete time on the "online" part of the game, the developers know that the gap is still great with FIFA competitor to its mode Ultimate Team for example, has more than 3.4 million games played per day . Nevertheless, the community PES continues to grow, especially with the development of PES League (regular tournament prize) on the entire French territory.
Conclusion: Apart from Cristiano Ronaldo on the cover (replaced by Neymar), PES 2014 has not lost in quality and is mostly shot (again) to the simulation. After few hours of handling, the pleasure is real and this delicate blend of tactics and technique promises of great games. Finally, only the lack of certain franchises risk to frustrate some ... This season, for the first time in five years, PES has clearly what shake FIFA in September!