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  • Summary: PES 2016 comes with a host of new and improved features: Master League – completely overhauled from presentation to running of your team; New night time lighting and player models using Fox Engine; Human motion – 3x more animations for players and goalkeepers; Dynamic weather – Rain startsPES 2016 comes with a host of new and improved features: Master League – completely overhauled from presentation to running of your team; New night time lighting and player models using Fox Engine; Human motion – 3x more animations for players and goalkeepers; Dynamic weather – Rain starts during matches; Deeper team intelligence – Player and team behaviour taken to the next level. Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Sep 14, 2015
    90
    Above all else, the most meaningful stride forward is the new collision system, which so much now hinges on.
  2. Sep 22, 2015
    88
    It still plays great, better than FIFA - but we are fed up with graphics downgrades for PC gamers.
  3. Sep 16, 2015
    87
    Although technically once again inferior compared to the next-gen-console-versions, PES 2016 is one of, if not THE best football game we’ve played in the last six or seven years, mainly due to its completely overhauled tackling system and smoother animations.
  4. Sep 24, 2015
    75
    Quotation forthcoming.
  5. Nov 4, 2015
    70
    Quick and dynamic football game with incomplete licenses and (for PC version) ugly visuals with a few technical problems. Even a couple of regrettable changes in gameplay can’t cover that PES 16 offers a unique football experience.
  6. Oct 8, 2015
    69
    PES finally finds the balance between stout sim and accessible arcade, but a poor port cast shadow on an otherwise great game.
  7. Sep 22, 2015
    50
    An open, responsive football title with a lot of individual player freedom, but one that also has dodgy keepers, absent fouls, and the usual iffy online environment. The PC community may bring it up to scratch, but at release it’s an ugly port that does a disservice to the game within.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 56
  2. Negative: 33 out of 56
  1. Sep 19, 2015
    10
    PES 2016 isn’t perfect, but this is a major step forward for a series that was already improving in leaps and bounds each year. We’vePES 2016 isn’t perfect, but this is a major step forward for a series that was already improving in leaps and bounds each year. We’ve certainly no hesitation in calling PES 2016 the best football game of the generation so far. And although it’s toughest competition is yet to take to the pitch it’s very much Pro Evo which is now the team to beat. Expand
  2. Sep 30, 2015
    10
    I'm a fifa player but this time seriously pes 2016 beats fifa 2016. In fifa nowadays players run like robots plus u need a pc which should beI'm a fifa player but this time seriously pes 2016 beats fifa 2016. In fifa nowadays players run like robots plus u need a pc which should be way above their recommended specs cause if you don't it lags as hell. But on the other hand pes 2016 can run in a low end computer which is awesome for people who are not that rich. Expand
  3. Dec 17, 2015
    9
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    After years the king pro 3, the pro16 is the best soccer ever again.
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  4. Nov 3, 2015
    3
    Hands off!!!!!! I can live with the poor Pc port, i can live with the lack of actualized Formations....I CANT live with the f...ing MomentumHands off!!!!!! I can live with the poor Pc port, i can live with the lack of actualized Formations....I CANT live with the f...ing Momentum it has. Sometimes everything work like miracle and i win on highest difficulty 7:0!!!! Sometimes everything goes wrong and you just wont score and you lose 4:0 wit the AI having 4 shots!! Its just ridiculous how much the game takes control over whats happening on the Pitch. I played 1 vs 1 with my friend. Same teams....first match he wins 4:0, second match i win 6:0!!!! Same teams who are on the same level. Its just super stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i give it 3 Stars because it could be the greatest Football game ever. It feels wonderful playin it.....until AI completely f...s it up. Dont buy it!!! Expand
  5. Mar 13, 2016
    1
    The worst football game by far.

    Pros: Its free,but so is watching paint dry. Cons: Every button press to confirm something it has
    The worst football game by far.

    Pros:

    Its free,but so is watching paint dry.

    Cons:

    Every button press to confirm something it has to establish connection:

    Scripting like in fifa to cater noobs and make them buy coins so they have a false sense off progression.
    Players dont do what you tell them in crucial situations which leads to goals.This is more obvious if you have a sveral game winning streak. Konami often decides if you win or not. The keepers are so bad that it doesnt matter if its Neuer or Kanjuosta. I dont even care about them.Its what happens between on the pitch. Control respons is bad that it always lags a sec so you have to play a sec ahead like in the future. There are no pros in this game and i dont recommend it because it doesnt reward skill nor is it well coded.

    Its network is horrible. Disconnects vs cpu?? Really?

    Lag cheaters and hackers every few games. Beating the living crabs out of players to be rewarded with a disconnect los.
    People on the leaderboard with 50+ games winstreak. What are you, some kind of Lucy?!

    The game is good only for the targeted audiance 12-15yeras olds. Dont buy it,dont lend it,dont try it nor download it for free. Forget about it and erase it from existence.Lets just hope Konami gives someone else the rights to Pro EVO so it has a chanace, We need more devs like CD project or give it to SOny, Square enix,Nintendo.

    But knowing my luck it will be scripted into a EA or Ubisoft relase.
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  6. Jan 2, 2016
    0
    KONAMI shoots... And it's a blank... Third year in a row. KONAMI please do us a favor and ditch PES series like you ditched all other games.KONAMI shoots... And it's a blank... Third year in a row. KONAMI please do us a favor and ditch PES series like you ditched all other games. I've been playing this game since it's first release, and the peak was PES 2013. Since then all I hear from critics, and what I can assume - payed critics, 'The king is back'. Do not buy this **** Expand
  7. Sep 28, 2015
    0
    Best ping pong hockey simulator, buy it as soon as possible! Immidiately! Anonyone who is giving this game more than 1+ never played it andBest ping pong hockey simulator, buy it as soon as possible! Immidiately! Anonyone who is giving this game more than 1+ never played it and probably shilling for evil empirealists! Expand

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