There’s plenty of gags thrown around from gamers who don’t play football games, one of them being “why bother when it’s the same game every year just with new kits and line-ups?”. Well, Konami have actually gone and done that for this year’s annual release of PES. So, the only question remains: should you bother then this year? Well, it depends.
Due to the imminent arrival of next-gen consoles just around the corner and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Konami have decided to scale back this year’s release of PES. There’s no new technical leaps and bounds made as with most PES releases. There’s no new modes, or skills or anything to truly differentiate it from last year’s offering. They literally have just updated the kits and line-ups (ish. We’ll come back to that). There’s a new soundtrack, though!
On paper, not a good start. However, let’s focus on…
