Had a good bit of fun with PES 5 and WE9LE last night. I’ve been running the gauntlet from these titles through eFootball 2026 and all the FIFAs in between.
I really enjoy the shooting. It feels quite close to manual shooting. The assisted passing feels a bit like cheating - sometimes it makes brilliant passes I could never do with manual passing, other times it makes very dumb passes (yes I know there is manual passing but it’s very awkward).
What I like most is the simplicity. “It’s a simple game” both literally and figuratively. Pass to the open guy and try to get off a good shot. It’s very easy to zone into the fundamentals in this game. In the newer ones, it gets so complicated.