It must be really difficult as a PES fan trying not to enjoy FIFA and all the polished single player modes. Then trying to convince the people who like it how rubbish it is and how they've stitched up single players when it's exactly the opposite I think this year they've looked after us
The truth is somewhere in the middle, mate. (In my opinion.)
The one-sentence "reviews" and funny pictures to express literally nothing about the game and just say "give me attention for being a naughty boy" are, for me, the worst thing about this place. (But it happens in the PES threads too. Worse, in the opinions of regular posters.)
But there are genuine concerns for me. I've said it (too) many times now but for me, the focus on Frostbite has resulted in gameplay shortcuts, because out of
nowhere we've got new issues like defenders "magnetising" into position to prevent a shot (which prevents goals just as much as a goalkeeper palming the ball away without actually touching the ball, which I remember seeing a replay of last year).
To me there are more of those kinds of shortcuts now than there were before, but the absolute bottom line for me (and I've tried to get past it but I can't any more) is that they've
totally ruined playing against the AI. They all want to pass straight forward, there's no possession play - and yet they can end up with 90% possession because every pass they hit is perfect.
I played 2vAI with a friend the other day and it's a much better experience - it feels like having two humans to consider makes the AI go "I can't predict this as easily, so I have to play properly". But when I go back to my FIFA 17 save, the AI is a million times more convincing when playing alone, though not as ruthless.
I could easily say "PES is just as bad with" X or Y, but PES doesn't come into my opinion of FIFA, because why should it. I could say that playing online is fucking awful too, but I don't really play online anyway, so it doesn't matter a great deal to me. All I know is, I think I prefer FIFA 17 (which I said as soon as I played the beta).