Whether you’re playing with a mid-60 rated player in the M圜lub team up to someone like Mohamed Salah who can make most top defenders look like school kids, it’s just far too easy to lose the ball. Most of the time though you’ll be in the centre of the pitch watching as players struggle to dribble the ball past opponents, even though there was emphasis on a new system implemented with one of the greatest controllers of the ball, Andres Iniesta, being on hand to consult with the dev team. In the moments when everything does come together PES 2020 can create some magical moments, like scoring an absolute rocket from 30 yards out or getting together a lot of quick passes to outdo a defence and slot the ball into the net. Of course, very few players are able to outmuscle Virgil van Dijk when contending for the ball or match Kylian Mbappe’s skills, but there seems to be a couple of control issues that will hamper both in PES 2020. Esports are another arena in which Konami has set on trying to conquer, but is the latest iteration enough?Īs discussed in our review in progress – that shock Norwich score I mentioned hasn’t aged so well – Konami has progressively shifted the series to take a more realistic approach on the pitch, with all player attributes being much more significant than before. Hence the franchise’s new title of eFootball PES 2020. It’s come exceedingly close in recent years, even feeling superior to what EA offers at times, but it’s never been quite enough. As we approach a new decade, Konami has kicked off a new era of PES, and that is eFootball.

The bottom line is that if you couldn't previously pick up eFootball PES 2020 in your region, you can likely do it now.“The pitch is ours.” That’s been the PES slogan for a few years now with Konami attempting to wrestle away FIFA’s crown and once again claim to be the better football game. Whether this means Konami are finally branching out or just trying to push as many copies as possible during the holiday season is unknown. That said, all the other Pro Evolution Soccer games are still unavailable for purchase over Gaben's platform, despite PES 2017 already being in my library. While it was unavailable for purchase on PC for a long time in my own case, eFootball PES 2020 abruptly became available for purchase on Steam as the holiday season kicked in. Now this suddenly doesn't seem to be the case for the latest entry in the series. To purchase PES games, including PES 2020. In some cases, the desperate fans even started To one of the biggest markets in the gaming industry.

The exact list of the countries that are blocked by Konami from year to year is not known but they ranged from smaller ones such as the countries in the Balkans, over the bigger ones like Malaysia and even Pro Evolution Soccer series has always had some odd behaviour when it comes to purchasing the game in certain regions.

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