it's hard to say what they have there in the Japanese studio, maybe they have a much better game, but maybe right now it's probably a very unoptimized game, a lot of bugs and other problems, and that's why they present offline mode. I'm sure they don't want to remove ML or offline mode, because it's still not such a small base at the top, they're still the only football game that mostly plays offline mode, and even in the future, no new game shows that they will have (ufl ,goals) offline mode. Their problem is communication with fans, which is really offensive
There's too much things to change that i given up about that game future. Even off the pitch:
-Casino/Mobile with ads presentation and all too coloured : i tryed some days again but it was painful for my ass before starting a game
-Awful formations and tactics modification, i love to see players stats and it's became a labyrinth to do it
Now, on PS5 i found the game beautiful... Players models are better, less known players faces/not preset are better and doesn't looks like freaks.
More natural to watch on the same console than every previous PES games. Animations are okay, and dribbling pretty fun and relative to real life physics (it's linked) but the ball physics ruins everything.
I see it as a PS4 game, not a mobile one. Just dribbling, analog runs with and without the ball algorithms management with players weight+speed+stats is too much for a mobile game. Not the argument but there's others thing i can say.
I prefers it (on the pitch only) than PES 2016 or PES 2018... Even the 2015.
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But there's too much s*** around the game, their system, the service etc. makes me puke. On that side it's totally a fake "free" mobile game, that you have to brought to remove ads and all. I'm already in a bad mood when the match start.
Now, i said i prefers it to other PES (because i hate them simply but Efootball got some arguments) but one thing i can't stand is the ball physics which was THE PES speciality's and brand is completely gone.