A sumptuous trailer – probably one of the best, if not THE best of the license – that we owe to the Frenchy Weedens, a cover which associates for the first time in their career the monsters of world football that are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo: as a launch, eFootball PES 2021 Season Update has put on a big show. History to mark the occasion, too, recalling that the simulation of Konami draws again this year earlier than its historical competitor FIFA. Kicking off is good. Responding present on the ground is better. So what is this Season Update worth? As its name indicates very well, PES 2021 is the exact copy of its predecessor. If the colors of the menus have changed, their structure remains the same. Clearly, if the interface had not seduced you a year earlier, there will be no miracle this season; and loading times are still just as long. At this level, RAS.
It is controller in hand, and only there, that we can finally feel the weight of the change brought by PES 2021.
Ditto for the proposed teams, except for the loss of two historic Italian clubs (AC Milan and Inter Milan) and the renaming of certain unlicensed clubs, in order to better identify them, which is not always easy. Obviously, going through the usual patches can circumvent the problem. To close the chapter on the lack of innovation, the content is identical. This year again, the Master League will be there, as will "Become a Legend", the online modes "Divisions" and "MatchDay", and "MyClub" The latter still serves as the main attraction despite the little of content to get your teeth into. The grind policy is more accessible than the competition, and there's the addition of Iconic Moment Players, cards highlighting key moments from football's biggest stars.
A MORE FLUID, BUT LESS ACCESSIBLE GAMEPLAY
It is controller in hand, and only there, that we can finally feel the weight of the change brought by PES 2021. More fluidity, more freedom of movement: if the players keep their inertia and have to break everything down, they are a little less on rails in terms of movement and tend to be more incisive, especially in the dribbles which come out more easily, and are therefore more effective. It is the same for the game as such, with a little more ease in playing on the ground, provided you do not do everything in a hurry and respect certain fundamentals (the strong feet of the players, their technical quality), under It's hard to see them making unwanted gestures – for example, a long strong forward pass when you wanted to make a simple short pass.
This revival of the offensive game is not without consequence: behind, it will be a question of playing with intelligence and flexibility, in particular on the balls in depth which it will be necessary to anticipate, under penalty of being punished almost systematically each time. Same principle for pressing which is neither easy to understand when you suffer it, nor easy to put in place without exposing yourself too much. In short, there is still some relearning to do when starting the adventure on this Season Update: a good thing for those disappointed by the sometimes unstable gameplay of PES 2020, while newcomers - especially those coming from FIFA - will having to take the time to understand everything defensively speaking. Other additions are there, less visible. We are not talking about goalkeepers with their liveliness and enhanced intelligence, but rather about the entry cutscenes and their new sequences, with graphics that are even more beautiful than last year, as well as the player modeling still also successful. It is obvious that a year before the arrival of the new generation PES, Konami has indeed mastered (if not skimmed) its current engine. Regarding the general atmosphere of meetings and comments, however, no changes to report.
This revival of the offensive game is not without consequence: behind, it will be a question of playing with intelligence and flexibility, in particular on the balls in depth which it will be necessary to anticipate, under penalty of being punished almost systematically each time.
When concluding, we cannot be complete without specifying that the “Euro 2020” mode, which has come to inflate the basic offer of PES 2020, is present from the start and this is very logical, since the competition will indeed take place in the summer. next. As for the servers, they are stable, something to be clarified and highlighted as online gaming and PES have not always gone hand in hand in the past. All is not perfect – it will be necessary to wait until October 22 to have all the transfers up to date – and the slag practically eliminated from the offline game is a little more recurrent in the online game, know it. But this Season Update is a little more consistent than expected, with a more successful version to eat. With these dedicated collector's editions and an attractive price (30 euros), PES 2021 still has strong arguments. If Konami's strategy can challenge, it will only have real meaning in the coming months which will allow us to know if PES 2022 is really up to expectations on next-gen consoles, and if FIFA 21 is at the level In the meantime , this Update will convince regulars of the license. It remains to be seen whether its demanding gameplay will put off the others too much.
