PES 2015 – should FIFA be worried?

The new version of Master League Online will support in-app purchases, as PES 2015 focuses on the next gen consoles.

Interestingly this year’s Pro Evolution Soccer has so far only been announced for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with a promise of ‘additional formats’ being revealed nearer to release.

The game will be the first to be co-developed by both the usual Konami team in Tokyo and also a new studio set up in the UK. All of which seems very promising.

More controversially though the series’ famous Master League mode, now ‘allows players and managers to be added using accumulated GP or via microtransactions within club dealings. Agents now used to meet player requirement criteria, while unhappy players can upset the balance of a side to detrimental effect. Extends to offline play’.




So in other words you can pay real money in order to get instant access to the players and managers you want, instead of, you know, just playing the game.

How that’s going to go down with fans we don’t know but we suspect there’ll be more pleased that PES 2015 will use a ‘full implementation’ of the FOX Engine graphics technology from Metal Gear Solid V.

PES 2015 – because the fans love microtransactions

And then there are these promises straight from the press release:

By looking at three key tenets of the modern game, the PES Productions Team has completely reworked the in-game shooting and goal-keeping mechanics



Excitement Of Goals

A new shooting system allows a variety of unrestricted shooting styles with precise control over the direction and power of all strikes. Countering enhanced attacking options, goal keepers intuitively close angles and are capable of an incredible number of ways to react to any situation, including altering centre of gravity.

Final Pass

Likewise, passing options available to players when delivering a final pass have been expanded, allowing for little knock-ons or searing low passes that use new physics routines to ensure the ball behaves realistically across every situation, providing unique and differing outcomes decided by user actions.

1 on 1

The final key element that has been totally reworked centres around the degree of close control on offer. Positioning is vital, but the ability to dribble into space and beat your marker is now hugely improved and opens up PES 2015 as the definitive on-field experience.

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