I know nobody will probably read this, but I feel like writing a little (while I rest my fingers from the controller's shape a little bit).
I am fucking in love with PES 2018.
I love pretty much everything about it.
A little intro:
I never watched a single video after the first official trailer. I kept my word. So everything was brand new in my eyes. Nothing from E3, nothing from Gamescom, nothing at all. I wasn't familiarized with anything. Just information I read in this forums and on Twitter. I'm more than happy with the decision I made 3 months ago of not watching absolutely anything after that first teaser. Next year I might even implement not even reading EVO-WEB or Twitter for opinions or information to take this even further, like when I was a kid and there was no Internet, so when you got the game, you knew nothing about new features, gameplay changes, etc. Everything was NEW. Like it's supposed to be.
Now... I can't believe all those people in the Playstation and XBOX thread complaining about so many thing all the time.
Stop getting intoxicated with that Thread was the second best decision I made regarding PES 2018 (the first one is the one I talked about in the first paragraph). There are some people desperate to post. Specially if they have something negative to say. And they are desperate for attention. Took me long enough, but after I said I wouldn't post there again I also lost interest in reading that post, so I only started caring about posts from people I respect, like Gerd, Chris Davies, Matt, Kilay. The rest... I'd just skipped right through.
The important part, the game:
This is the closest thing I've ever played to a true football simulator. Of course there could be more fouls. There should be. Of course it would be nice to have more types of shots triggered by different combination of buttons and it would be nice if body position mattered a little bit more when shooting. But the rest, to me, is awesome.
Graphics. Well... don't get me started on graphics. They are absolutely insane. I have everything set to the highest level possible within the in-game settings and also from Nvidia Control Panel. I have Brightness set to 15 and Contrast to 65 ingame I LOVE this little brought-back feature that was removed after PES 2013. Being able to change Brightness and Contrast from the game itself is very good and it does change A LOT about how you perceive the game. I really helps the immersion once you get the settings spot on, to your personal preference. Credits to Tokyo for the huge work on graphics.
Gameplay. FINALLY... finally we have more animations that you can keep track on. I can't remember when was the last PES that after 10 games I was still discovering new animations. I've said this time and time again for the past 4 years: Animations are almost everything. Animations, animations, animations.
The pace (I play -1 speed and no passing-assistance) is great! You can dictate the tempo with the right players.
I don't know what else to say. Really. I'm having a blast. I'm very happy with PES 2018.
Can't really wait to have a good option file, with all the correct names, squads, tactics, kits and logos.
I'm in love with PES 2018.