They have an awful tendency to direct saves back into the paths of attackers and seldom seem to be able to gather the simplest of shots – if a shot comes from anywhere inside the box, don’t hold out too much hope. Goalkeepers are woefully inconsistent in PES 2018, meaning that any shot from any distance will leave your heart in your throat. However, PES 2018 seems to think that they’re Jekyll and Hide: possessed superhumans for one match and about as efficient as Everton’s transfer activity the next. There is no such thing as the perfect goalkeeper: even the biggest and best names between the sticks have made horrific mistakes in the past. Konami have certainly nailed player realism, but there are definitely areas where they’ve gone for too much realism. Players like Lukaku excel in this role, so PES’s strikers ultimately need to be played in a more rounded way than hoofing it in their direction and hoping that they beat their man. Having a strong striker hold the ball up while the rest of the team presses up the pitch just feels like a natural part of the process now. It’s a little wild that is hasn’t been introduced before, but now that it’s here, it should be here to stay because it’s hard to imagine future games without it. One of PES’ biggest gameplay changes is also its simplest: the ability to shield the ball.
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Picking the ball up as Salah or Mane before running with it can, at times, feel like watching a less glossy TV broadcast.
As a Merseyside Blue (Everton) fan, it pained me greatly to play as Liverpool, but it was startling how close to life it was: heavy emphasis on pacey wingers with midfield steel to back it up. PES 2018’s USP is its realistic player movements, which adds to the immersion when you’re playing as one of the world’s best, or just one of the licensed teams. It’s a balancing act that’s immensely satisfying when it comes off, as desperate as Frank De Boer’s Crystal Palace career when it doesn’t. Ask your wingers to track back and the opposition will find it harder to exploit the flanks, but said wingers will need substituting on the 70th minute as they will be utterly gassed. Push your team higher up and attacks will come easier, but the flipside is that your defensive line is so much easier to break out against. There’s an even greater emphasis on using the in-game quick tactics and attacking/defending levels than before, because they really can make such a huge difference. Instead, PES 2018 asks that you have many systems and ways of playing up your sleeve. Although this did reflect how many real matches go down, it made too many matches follow the same pattern, inevitably leading to a lot of controller biting when Per Mertesacker belted in a winner in the last minute through the simple fact of him being part-oak tree. As varied as last year was when playing against AI, online matches would devolve into who could put in the most crosses when the going got tough. The first thing you will notice when you lump the ball up to your wingers is that it isn’t quite as frenetically fast as last year’s edition, which is admittedly quite liberating. While Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 represents more of a good thing, it feels like a slight step backwards rather than the natural -ahem- evolution it needed to close the gap.
PES had announced its re-emergence, and all eyes were on it to see where it would go next. It felt like a glorious throwback to the days of old while still playing like an inherently modern digital footballing experience. While PES didn’t (and is unlikely ever to) commercially compete with FIFA, it was critically lauded as one of the best games of pure football out there. When EA revealed that one of its main features for FIFA 16 was little more than a Trainer mode, Konami must have thrown all hands on deck to take advantage with PES 2017. It represented the first time in many years that the series’ gameplay properly surpassed that of its nemesis, FIFA, which had become complacent.
Last year was a monumental one for the Pro Evolution Soccer series.
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