I've been playing PES 2016 on PS4 since about Thanksgiving. I had only played FIFA until then (the last FIFA I played was World Cup 2014, on PS3, so some comparisons will probably be unfair). I've enjoyed PES, but there are pros/cons
Cons
Let's get the main con out of the way, it's a huge one - licenses. There are fake team names, logos, kits and manager names for EPL (save ManU), Championship, Portugal (save Benfica, Sporting, Porto), Serie B, and most of Chile and Argentina. Player names/characteristics are correct for these leagues. There is a work around, as you can download a user-created Day One pack to a thumbdrive, and manually edit all of these items. It's easy but super tedious. You can only edit one item at a time, so it took me literally 10-12 hours to do the changes, and I didn't edit all the manager names, nor the national teams, some of which (USMNT) have fake player names.
While it's tedious, it does allow a little bit of creativity - I use these sweet 96-97 Newcastle Kits instead of that Wonga crap
A weird thing is the default fake colors are still in the crowd, so Newcastle's crowd wears red, Everton is yellow, etc.
There are also dummy leagues if you want to insert Bundesliga, Liga MX, MLS and/or J-League or K-League, but these have fake players as well, so I didn't do those changes since that would probably take forever. The info is available online but, nah. Bayern, Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg and a bunch of other Euro teams are already in the game, that's enough for me. Some J-League and K-League teams are already in there too.
Other cons
-In Manager mode, the teams in the dummy leagues are in the Champions league and Europa league, which is kind of annoying.
-Obviously, not as many leagues. I miss starting a team in League Two and moving them up to the Prem. I also miss MLS teams for online play.
-Online, it says they'll match you with a comparable player, but if it takes long time to find a match, they'll match you with someone outside the chosen range. I'm only a 400 rated player, and the settings say +/- 50 points, and somehow I got matched with a 540 player yesterday. I'll just back out in the future if it takes awhile
Pros
(again, I don't know if FIFA 16 has these features)
-PES is more freeflowing, and has more varied goal scoring opportunities. You can score from seemingly any angle if you know what you are doing. My main gripe with FIFA is that the gameplay is too rote - get to spot x, pass to player in spot y, and shoot.
-The keepers are not as impenetrable.
-AI teammates move more sensibly.
-The pass weighting is sublime, and I rarely get that issue where I intend to pass to one guy and it goes to someone else in front of/behind the intended receiver.
-Fluid formations, and different formations for attacking/defending. The team switches on the fly.
-Live transfer updates for online matches. What a world!
Online, I've only played Divisions, so I don't know much about MyClub, the FUT for PES. I've only done manager mode and Divisions
Cons
Let's get the main con out of the way, it's a huge one - licenses. There are fake team names, logos, kits and manager names for EPL (save ManU), Championship, Portugal (save Benfica, Sporting, Porto), Serie B, and most of Chile and Argentina. Player names/characteristics are correct for these leagues. There is a work around, as you can download a user-created Day One pack to a thumbdrive, and manually edit all of these items. It's easy but super tedious. You can only edit one item at a time, so it took me literally 10-12 hours to do the changes, and I didn't edit all the manager names, nor the national teams, some of which (USMNT) have fake player names.
While it's tedious, it does allow a little bit of creativity - I use these sweet 96-97 Newcastle Kits instead of that Wonga crap
A weird thing is the default fake colors are still in the crowd, so Newcastle's crowd wears red, Everton is yellow, etc.
There are also dummy leagues if you want to insert Bundesliga, Liga MX, MLS and/or J-League or K-League, but these have fake players as well, so I didn't do those changes since that would probably take forever. The info is available online but, nah. Bayern, Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg and a bunch of other Euro teams are already in the game, that's enough for me. Some J-League and K-League teams are already in there too.
Other cons
-In Manager mode, the teams in the dummy leagues are in the Champions league and Europa league, which is kind of annoying.
-Obviously, not as many leagues. I miss starting a team in League Two and moving them up to the Prem. I also miss MLS teams for online play.
-Online, it says they'll match you with a comparable player, but if it takes long time to find a match, they'll match you with someone outside the chosen range. I'm only a 400 rated player, and the settings say +/- 50 points, and somehow I got matched with a 540 player yesterday. I'll just back out in the future if it takes awhile
Pros
(again, I don't know if FIFA 16 has these features)
-PES is more freeflowing, and has more varied goal scoring opportunities. You can score from seemingly any angle if you know what you are doing. My main gripe with FIFA is that the gameplay is too rote - get to spot x, pass to player in spot y, and shoot.
-The keepers are not as impenetrable.
-AI teammates move more sensibly.
-The pass weighting is sublime, and I rarely get that issue where I intend to pass to one guy and it goes to someone else in front of/behind the intended receiver.
-Fluid formations, and different formations for attacking/defending. The team switches on the fly.
-Live transfer updates for online matches. What a world!
Online, I've only played Divisions, so I don't know much about MyClub, the FUT for PES. I've only done manager mode and Divisions
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