FIFA plays like ping pong, says trash-talking PES dev

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FIFA is the undisputed king of football games in terms of sales, but the team behind rival franchise PES naturally thinks its own product is better.

FIFA 15 is going up against PES 2015 this year, and although neither product is int he wild yeat – FIFA 15′s release date is in September, while PES 2015 is expected in November – Konami already seems pretty sure it has the better game.

PES European brand manager Adam Bhatti told NowGamer that PES 2015 has better shooting and goalkeepers, and is generally more realistic.

Assistant producer Klaus Garner went further, criticising FIFA’s gameplay.

“We have a game that lets you play real football; you can play counter-attacking, possession, long-ball,” he said.

“Which you can’t do in the other title, where it’s more like ping-pong.”

More like ping pong. Harsh!

Bhatti went on to say that “FIFA is all about scoring goals”, and that EA Canada designs to fulfil the desires of “a lot of people [who[ just want to be able to score goals and have their lobbed-through ball work every time”.

I assume the implication is that PES 2015 will require more finesse, although if you visit the full article through the link above you’ll see some comments from Bhatti admitting that PES has suffered from its marketing position as a “connoisseur’s football game”, because it excludes a huge potential audience.

Konami wants PES to provide a different experience to FIFA, and to be more like real world football, apparently. Getting that right while still providing fun is tricky.

Both FIFA 15 and PES 2015 are coming to PC, PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/08/29/fifa-15-like-ping-pong-says-pes-2015-dev/

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BCWPosted:

LWR How can PES criticize FIFA really, I highly doubt that PES will become bigger than FIFA in the next 5 years so I don't really know how this guy can criticize it.


I agree. More people play FIFA than PES too.

I hate PES, love FIFA.

Like Titanfall trying to criticize Destiny.

BCWPosted:

Kimbrel TBH, I didn't even know that anyone other than FIFA made soccer games, I guess that tells me something about how "competitive" PES is.


Being honest, neither did I. LMAO.

DomixinPosted:

TBH, I didn't even know that anyone other than FIFA made soccer games, I guess that tells me something about how "competitive" PES is.

MrAidanPosted:

PES cannot compete with FIFA anymore, I cant see how there still producing games

KixaPosted:

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LWR How can PES criticize FIFA really, I highly doubt that PES will become bigger than FIFA in the next 5 years so I don't really know how this guy can criticize it.


Fifa will always be on top in football games, It sucks that they have no challenge.

PES use to be top of FIFA but that was years ago, PES is slacking at the moment but there getting there i could see them being on top again in a few years.

OrthoPosted:

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LWR How can PES criticize FIFA really, I highly doubt that PES will become bigger than FIFA in the next 5 years so I don't really know how this guy can criticize it.


Fifa will always be on top in football games, It sucks that they have no challenge.


so true, this is like people comparing battle field and Operation flash point imo

LoungePosted:

LWR How can PES criticize FIFA really, I highly doubt that PES will become bigger than FIFA in the next 5 years so I don't really know how this guy can criticize it.


Fifa will always be on top in football games, It sucks that they have no challenge.

YouKissGirlsPosted:

Tbh to me I've always enjoyed pes over fifa due to the fact that most EA sports games are horrible. Like take nhl 14 for example, hitting is cr*p, passing is horrible, and goal scoring is all glitches. The last fifa i played was the world cup game from this year and honestly the game is just bad. passing is BAD! a lot of the goals that were scored while i played it were by far the worst things I've ever seen. When i played pes in 2011 the game was actually good(graphics were quite.. well bad it was 2011), but nothing happened that was stupid ie cr*p goals. Overall i just think pes is underrated because no one has really given it a chance.

1989Posted:

LWR How can PES criticize FIFA really, I highly doubt that PES will become bigger than FIFA in the next 5 years so I don't really know how this guy can criticize it.


i know right its stupid of him to say that

LWRPosted:

How can PES criticize FIFA really, I highly doubt that PES will become bigger than FIFA in the next 5 years so I don't really know how this guy can criticize it.