I know it's been beaten to death, but the only glaring fault that I just can't overlook is the pitch color. Are they all color blind over there? Good God. It makes zero sense because you can just, you know, look at actual pictures of turf under various lighting for reference. I can't play day matches in the majority of stadiums I've tested. Sure, there's a few niggles here and there and some things I'd like to see improved upon for 2018, but the joy I'm getting out of this game is something I thought would be lost forever in regards to this series. I also found myself sneaking in a late night match before bed. "One more match, it's fine..."
Are there issues with the game? Of course. I'm not going to sit her and say it's perfection in video game form, but I honestly can't see how someone could love football, and not love PES 2017. I think it's
that good. The amount of times I've paused the game and looked on in awe from seemingly trivial things like how a striker loses his marker, or an ingenious touch... it's wonderful. Speaking of which, Ronaldo feels so much like Ronaldo it's absurd. Not just in terms of his pace, strength and what have you, but also his goal poaching instincts, and positioning. That attack prowess stat is really doing wonders for him. The way he gives his marker the slip, or utilizes his pace to get on the end of a less than stellar cross is truly a sight to behold. He stands out, and rightfully so.
When you've been playing football games since the early 90s, these are the types of things you really begin to appreciate. The subtle nuances between players that, on the surface might seem completely trivial or even go unnoticed, but in actuality they are the necessary pieces of a bigger whole. It's how they connect, and behave with one another that can help create a special game of football. That's really a big part of what PES used to be about, isn't it? For whatever reason it got lost along the way. It's like Baggar Vance strolled on up to Konami one evening.
Well you lost your swing... We got to go find it.