You could load the team with pacey players and yet find yourself frustrated by a skillful player or AI with average defenders. This feels like a bit of a balancing act by Konami. The player running with the ball often reacts too slowly, and at other times the defender defies physics to take the ball away - with certain tackles it should be impossible for the defender to stay on his feet, but those rules don't necessarily apply in PES 2017. We noticed defenders - both our own and those controlled by AI - taking the ball off players with clean, perfect manoeuvres far too often. The conservative tackle (when you try to pinch the ball off the opposing player instead of sliding in) is far more effective in PES 2017. Having said that, defending feels a bit easier in this game, and when you are attacking, getting behind the AI's defensive line is a lot harder now thanks to the AI generally defending better as a unit. In real life, Mertesacker compensates for lack of pace through intelligent positioning. In PES 2017, we found ourselves conceding a lot less when we replaced him with Gabriel Paulista - a faster player with a lower overall rating.
Mertesacker is a pretty good defender but he lacks pace. Let's look at Arsenal's Per Mertesacker as an example. You'll find mediocre fast players running rings around the opposition and slower players will often be unable to compensate for that. This means that you will end up scoring plenty of wonder goals, find yourself making a lot of last-ditch sliding tackles, and in general trying things you wouldn't in FIFA.Īs with all arcade football games, pace is unrealistic in PES 2017. PES 2017 retains an arcade-y feel, which is a pleasant contrast to FIFA's recent move towards in-game realism.
The refereeing is improved and you can no longer get away with off-the-ball fouls as often as you used to in the previous iteration. PES 2017 has a whole bunch of improvements that fix our frustrations with PES 2016. Once you start playing though, all those issues will be forgotten.
Pes 2017 online tackle Patch#
You can edit the club names yourself too, and these names should also be available via a patch from the game's active user-base, if that bothers you too much. PES 2017 features real players with excellent likenesses, so the game doesn't suffer much. It has licences for all major clubs in South America. If South American leagues excite you more than their European counterparts, then PES 2017 is the game for you. This creates an odd paradox because Konami has licenced UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, but most of the teams you can play with in these tournaments are likely to have fake names, kits, and crests. Commentators will not mention these teams either. This leaves PES 2017 with randomly named teams such as PM Black White, Man Red, Man Blue, etc. FIFA has exclusive deals with clubs such as Juventus, Manchester United, and Real Madrid, apart from partnerships such as the one with the Spanish La Liga. EA Sports' marketing machine is proving to be way too strong for Konami. The first thing we noticed about PES 2017 is the lack of licences for several major clubs.