I am starting to struggle a little with PES 2019.
I initially was really enjoying it. They were some things which bothered me gameplay wise such as the clipping and AI, mainly on defense. Also the presentation and licensing wasn't great, but I have spent hours playing around with patchees and mods and it's looking good now. The gameplay issues I was willing to overlook them and I started up MyClub and opened all of that stuff, but it was ML that I really got stuck into, and I was really enjoying it.
Gameplay wise there is a lot to like. The pace overall is good, sometimes it feels a bit fast with the good teams, but overall it's good. Passing I think is really good and the ball has good weight to it. Graphically it is also fantastic, looks great in 4k.
But recently I wanted to get into MyClub but couldn't because the server issues, but I have been unable to even play the game with the white screen error thing. Which was really annoying.
Then in ML the constant same goals over and over from the AI, passing from the wings, passing again from 10 yards out so someone could tap it in, is becoming really annoying. Every team seems to play the same.
I decided to try MyClub again last night (after 3 attempts of starting the game with the white screen) and played my first 2 online games. I got matched with a player over 1000 rating, He had Mbappe and a few other stars, I was rated 400 with it being my first. He battered me 5-0. Didnt feel like I could do much to stop him, first time shot goals galore, my defense AI, which is one of my annoyances, was just stupid, way too passive.
Next game I got matched with a guy who was 670 ish rated, and I got beat 3-1. The gameplay still didn't feel great, the lack of physical battles is a problem.
Admittingly it probably won't help that my team is a bit of mess with about 58 rating, so I know they won't be performing properly, but the matchmaking annoyed me and the fact that Konami are shotting world class players at people from the off. Then the silly high rated players from rubbish clubs is just strange. A random AMF player from Flamengo or something is rated higher then say Kevin De Bruyne. Just silly.
It is all starting to add up now. I am thinking of just continuing with ML but there is that bug where teams sell all their players and play players in strange postions and have a sub bench consisting of say two GK's and a single defender. So going forward that could be a big problem, I want to play United and City etc with their proper squads.
It has got me thinking I might just get FIFA 19. The demo has grew on me and to be honest it will be great to just pick up the game and play, not worry about patching it, hoping they fix the AI etc. All i'd probs do is slow down the gamespeed which I beleive you just do in the settings.
The presentation is fantastic and adds another level to the game... but it is gameplay that really matters, but I don't feel like PES is there with the gameplay if i'm being honest, it's close in many respect, but the AI and physical side of the game is lacking. Fifa is far from perfect gameplay wise, but it has a lot of stuff that PES doesn't. The AI sems to play how you'd expect, teams have personality, players actually dribble against you. Also the physical side of the game and the 50/50 battles really make the game feel more like a battle.
I am struggling to justify why I should keep playing PES.