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What's embarrassing is that he played two matches of a game - the latest in a series he admits he doesn't play - and makes the claim that PES has gone "from arcade to sim". After two matches.Seriously, why the fuck should this assessment be discounted so rapidly, and the negative views of people who haven't even played the thing be treated as more trustworthy and genuine??
It's embarrassing.
That is an immediate red flag to me - it's the equivalent of "the king is back", which I've been sick of hearing for literally 10+ years. It's a silly statement to make and a normal preview wouldn't make such a bold statement. So it immediately feels off.
As for Eurogamer - I ranted on here about their awful 2019 preview last year. They started the article with "I used to play PES at uni" (which usually means the game is getting 9/10 based on that alone), and then they had the balls to say that FIFA is "ping-pong football" when A) FIFA has this thing called "pass error", based on the concept that sometimes professional footballers aren't literally 100% accurate all the time, and B) everyone with eyes can see how laser-guided PES's passing is by default.
However, last year's review was the first I can remember where they actually marked PES down for adding absolutely nothing of worth off-the-pitch, and I was genuinely surprised. I hope the guy who wrote that review does their 2020 review, and not the guy who has barely played PES but thinks it's incredible off the back of literally 20 minutes with the game, or the guy who is blinded by the older games.