About "sim option"
To put it simply, too much work and programming for just a small fraction of players.
Easy to Pick up and play is the moto, so even an infant could enter online competition.
Making it sim, requires a total reapproach to the gameplay. Most mechanics should be reinvented, passing, dribbling, shooting...
I would love to see someday a soccer game
that every touch, trap, pass, cross, shoot require 100% of concentration, and not repetitive X presses with almost everything else is taken care by the Cpu.
Every time a player receives the ball, it should be like a challenge based on his stats, with manual controlling, trapping, dribbling, bodyweight shifting and body placement, manual aiming and power for each kick or even touch... all implemented in a modern physics engine.
The problem is that if you had all these ultra realistic mechanics where you had to be 100% concentrated for every dribble,pass,control,shoot etc.,they wouldn't mean much in a 10 min match.There would be hardly any chances and goals in this short time and for the vast majority it would be considered boring and frustrating to play.
I watched some Pes League matches,and even there with their PA3 ping pong stuff,there were some ocassions where they had only 2 shots at half time..
That the main problem.This mentality of getting as much fun as possible in this very short time.
That's why the gameplay is what it is in both Pes and Fifa.
For it to be changed to a more realistic approach where midfield play means more and smart buildup is rewarded,it would mean that they'd have to change this whole mentality and approach of ''fun as quick as possible''.
I would be happy if they made the default online match 15 min at least(cause we know that the default online match is the main factor of how they make the gameplay) and introduce 3 new pass options.
Manual,Semi-Assisted(half of PA1)and Assisted(PA1 a bit more free)and put strict filters to it so you only play with same setting opponents in all competitions.And of course remove PA2 and PA3.
These two things would improve the game,at least for people who want a more sim experience,and would allow them to go to a less end to end approach in the gameplay.But would the majority even like that?Or they would go ''oh these 15 min matches are long and boring'',''oh now i cant pass with Neymar as precisely as i want''..
We've seen how it all went down when they tried to bring a more sim approach with Pes 14.The whole world started shitting on them.It was also their fault cause the game wasn't polished enough at release but still..
Neither Pes or Fifa were ever sim games.It was always a mix of sim and arcade elements and probably will ever be this way.But even in this simcade field,there are things that they could introduce to have a more realistic approach.
As long as this mentality for fun and results as soon as possible,changes mostly from the gamers,and then companies can follow.
We may expect many revolutionary improvements from next gen consoles when they arrive,but as long as 10 min matches and this mentality remains,i'm affraid we're not gonna see drastic changes in favor of realism,even if they will have the technology weapons to achieve this.
The only hope is if somehow in the near future the majority will get sick and tired of this easy to learn assisted tiki taka gameplay and will start demanding from companies to bring more realism in all aspects because of the strong technology we will have.
Until this happens,and if it ever will,i hope it will at some point..I'm just gonna play the game for what it is,enjoy the good elements and try to see the positives more.In this day i can't enjoy anymore the very old titles because of the very outdated mechanics and graphics.So i'm stuck with the modern one and enjoy it's physics,animations,feel on the ball,graphics etc,even if it may not have the best AI or positional awareness.
Needless to say that if i like the new Fifa more,i don't have any problem to play it more over Pes like i did for 11,12,15 and 16.
Last but not least,did you people notice that the grass is finally 3D in set pieces in Pes 20?Looks a beauty now and not like a plain carpet like in previous versions.