As always around this time, we have an unavoidable football appointment with the king of sports franchise in Konami, which in recent years has been in the shadow of its historic rival: Electronic Arts and FIFA.
The editing 2014 PES discipline bases its gameplay on what was experienced a year ago, in addition to adding new possibilities in the gameplay and being recreated with what will be the engine of Konami for your next generation games: the Fox engine.
Surely many of you have already tried the available demo of the game, and in advance, I already warn you that things are far, for the better, from what you have been able to play, although of course, not even close to this PES 2014 shines the same way they did at the time PES 3 y PES 5.
As you anticipated, in the playable section the characteristic movements and controls seen until PES 2013, but there have been changes or additions: the sprint, return of the pass and manual firing system, combination of the right stick with other buttons to do, for example, dribbles, control the ball ... even defensively, now we can put pressure on players from the rival team or even shoulder charges.
The manual pass and fire system now gives us the ability to aim and measure, with the ability to take shots with complex strokes. In practice, it will be difficult for you to get the hang of this system, but with time and mastery you will be able to fit in big plays, although sometimes we have a feeling that the sets are forced and that the shots are somewhat implausible on certain occasions.
Unfortunately, you also have to dedicate a paragraph to a few playable slips and unbelievable situations. For example, we can see defenses run at a speed that is not theirs and even catch up with the fastest players without any problem; goalkeepers seem to love being scored on them; And worst of all, is that the transitions, animations and movement in general are too slow, being a drag on the gameplay itself.
We can keep getting "buts" out of this PES 2014 and not for vice. And it is that in terms of the licensing issue, we run into one step forward and two back. We still have all the BBVA league, but goodbye to the official stadiums -and the editor does not allow to recreate them-, in addition, South American competitions are once again taking center stage, while the Asian Champions League gains strength, but despite having such content, it is clear that for the European player it's not going to be very attractive.
In terms of game modes, the Master League He could not miss his appointment, this time the calendar management being somewhat more simplified. As a novelty, we will be able to lead a national team, without neglecting our position as coach. The Legend mode will have in the spotlight on the figure of the goalkeeper; we have back the league mode; we can dispute friendly matches; practice in two types of Workout -tutorial or free mode-; and finally, the online mode, which still has a lag that we hope will be corrected in the future with some kind of patch.
As you already know, this PES 2014 is the real debut of Fox engine in a game and the results are somewhat bitter. On the one hand, we no longer have to suffer watching those rheumatic animations from the previous edition, since the engine change in that aspect has been tremendously positive, and also, the physics of the ball is very convincing. However, there are too many defects that denote an unpolished product: bugs, very generic faces -some are very elaborate while others have been alarmingly neglected-, we do not have weather variations -it is always good weather-, the stadium public is a pixel salad and the game has worrying hitches. The truth is that in this aspect the result that I have come across has been a jug of cold water. As for the presentation of menus, they are a bland recycling, although the sound section is worse off, with some discouraged commentators and a brief and little careful musical repertoire.
The expectations were high and the disappointment has been resounding. It's certainly a fun game, with spoiled ball physics, as well as good animations, but PES 2014 It has some heavy ballasts: AI can be improved, the speed of the movements, the odd bug, the sound section, the licenses or a graphic level more in line with the possibilities of an engine with which it will come to life. Metal Gear Solid V, are some of the barriers that Konami has not been able to draw in this edition.
The feeling of being a rapid development is inevitable, and as it has almost become customary, I hope that within a year I can rave about the new Pro Evolution Soccer on duty, but unfortunately, Konami, once again, he has not been able to regain the throne from which EA He kicked him out.
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