FIFA versus PES, back to the challenge: football video games more realistic

In the field of the two major football simulations, version 2015. Between cutting-edge graphics and championships of any kind has changed for this year. And what is the title that can score goals in the hearts of gamers

FIFA versus PES

FIFA from Electronic Arts, the world's best selling sports title with over one hundred million copies since 1993. On the other Japanese Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer, football simulation that once reigned supreme and now has to chase the rival. In between, thousands of Italian fans, who every year at this time, they must decide which side to take. At stake is the throne of the most beloved video games of football in Italy, a place that is worth hundreds of thousands of copies only in our country, a throne which in recent years has gone to the American Cup, which for years has shown stable the top list of best-selling games in Italy.

FIFA 15 will hit stores September 25, and PES 2015 will wait a few more weeks: the debut on the shelves is set for November 13th. To recover lost ground, Pro Evolution Soccer has preferred to do things slowly. While FIFA last year had already made the move to the new console, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Pro Evolution Soccer has preferred to "jump" output (in 2013, the game did not come until the "old" Xbox 360 and PS3) and exploit the extra time to get ready for the challenge in 2014. with new investments and more manpower, as we had said John Murphy, producer of the game, a year ago: "We decided to open a new studio in Europe, to better respond to needs of these countries, such as Italy, where our game is very loved. "In short, the study of development in Japan, if one is added in Windsor, a few miles from London. This year has dealt mainly with the management of relations with the European teams, studying the performance of all the players more or less important to ensure that the skills of Florenzi in the game, for example, reflect the reality.

FIFA versus PES

The other big news is the use of a new graphics engine, the one developed by game designer Hideo Kojima for the next Metal Gear Solid V. As a result, we have recently been able to try a nearly complete version: This is undoubtedly the best Pro Evolution Soccer in recent years. "Our goal was to create a deep and realistic way, but it was now immediately accessible, even for novice users. A very difficult balance to achieve, but we believe we've made," says Adam instead Bhatti, brand manager PES. On the ground PES 2015 is fun, fast, easy and above all extremely spectacular. The ball physics seems really improved, as well as animations and the faces of the players, very close to reality. "We must focus on quality, the only way to compete," says Bhatti. The most interesting news from the field: there are more than a thousand new animations for specific players, Messi Cristiano Ronaldo to the lesser-known names that Konami has made studying the movements and abilities. In addition, the new graphics engine allows for greater attention to the stands, which is now in on the action and move more realistically. The control system is simple and straightforward: you can build spectacular actions without too much difficulty, in a way that favors the offensive sorties without neglecting the defensive, more physical than in the past and just as easy to master. It lacks, however, the atmosphere, the attention to detail that has made the fortune of FIFA: the rest is hard to compete with those who can spend about $ 400 million a year in development, advertising and licensing officers.

FIFA versus PES

For example, PES 2015 boasts a number of interesting options and official licenses of the rival: there are only a dozen European and international championships, plus a few cups as the Champions League, the Europa League and the Copa Libertadores of South America. There are competitions of great importance as the English Premier League, where teams have invented names (apart from Manchester United), and the Bundesliga, of which there are only four teams participating in the Champions League. In short, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 seems to really be able to tell her this year, but it will be hard to beat the battleship FIFA. Even so, in the meantime, Canada are certainly not stood still in his hand ... FIFA 15 is the result of years of improvements, refinements, constant attention to the demands of fans. It's a game that now appears to be extremely mature, reliable. And from the first game makes you realize that the offer is hard to beat. From the soundtrack, which includes songs from Kasabian, Foster the People and Groove Armada, with rich menu of options and official championships, the feeling is that the offer on the plate is richer than Konami. Here the championships are over thirty, there are all the major European and world championships, plus some lesser known as the Saudi Professional League or the K League South Korea. In the field, the feeling, after a few rounds of testing, it is the game is faster than FIFA 14. the action is slightly faster, the ball physics has been rewritten and is more credible and was eventually revised the dribbling system, now more simple and within the reach of the players less experts (again, like in PES, with moves and animations that are based on the real players). The disagreements are more physical and plausible and, while holding down a key, you can insist to commit a foul, maybe pulling the shirt.

FIFA versus PES

The Canadian team EA Sports has also sought to give more space to the theater of football, the excitement of a big game, the movements of the fans in the stands to the many different celebrations that you can do after a goal. There is also a new commentary curated by Pierluigi Pardo Mediaset with Stefano Nava. Endless list of options, from career to the Ultimate Team mode, one of the most popular, there really is everything you need to stay glued to the TV for a year, until the next FIFA. In short, while it is undeniable that Pro Evolution Soccer has improved a lot, to see if it will be enough to convince the Italians is too early to tell. The Electronic Arts game it will come September 25 in stores, while Konami's only early November, but if you want to get an idea right away and decide which side to take, there's a demo available for both titles that you can download for free One Xbox and PlayStation 4.

FIFA versus PES