Some might say that Pro Evolution Soccer's continued inclusion of the AFC Champions League, Copa Libertadores, and Copa Sudamericana is a rather weak attempt at overcoming FIFA’s licensing stranglehold. But to read so cynically into the biggest annual club competitions held outside of Europe is to do both PES and its audience a disservice. Perhaps more than any other single element, that these championships are included in all their official regalia highlights exactly the kind of football fan PES is pitched at.
Broadly speaking, PES is a series for the more discerning follower of the beautiful game. The kind of person that’s impressed by being able to guide Colo Colo through a Copa Libertadores campaign is the same kind of person that appreciates the more technical approach PES 16 applies to its accomplished football mechanics. It continues the brilliant work done by its predecessor, offering up a more realistic alternative to the high-energy, kick-and-rush approach embraced by FIFA in recent years.
Where players like Marco Verratti, Yohan Cabaye, and Koke are lost amongst the sea of speedsters that dominate FIFA, in PES they shine. Such players harbour skills that are subtle and, therefore, more challenging to translate into the digital space. Verratti's ability to perform first touches that afford him space to deliver the perfect pass, Cabaye's never ending search for gaps between the opposition’s midfield and defensive lines, Koke's near superhuman ability to weight passes into holes between defenders... all of these feats are achievable here just as they are in real life.
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