A series of popular football simulators this year celebrates its twentieth anniversary, and therefore the developers have tried to PES 2016 stand out and different from the entire line of popular football simulators. Of course, compared to the previous part, the graphics component and the gameplay were redone, despite the fact that the game was made on the same engine. Every year, Japanese developers acquire more and more licenses for real-life football teams, stadiums and national championships, and therefore the game is getting closer to its competitor, whose name we will keep silent here.

Key features

A large number of updated and redesigned parameters and features have been introduced that will bring the game even closer to the “Best Sports Simulator” award. We present to your attention a completely new game mode called “League of Masters”, in which you can create your own football club, and then lead it to the top of Olympus. Hire players, coaches and other staff, equip training facilities and stadiums, do everything possible to make your team the best on the planet and win the Champions League. The movements of athletes on and off the field have been completely redone, pay attention to 3 radically new motion animations. The weather is now a determining factor during a football match, and an accidental rain or thunderstorm can turn the whole situation on its head. The tactical movements and behavior of individual athletes, as well as the team as a whole, have now become much more reasonable, and you will not distinguish what is happening on the screen from a real football match.

Gameplay

Collisions and fight for the ball between players are implemented more realistically. They now depend on numerous parameters, ranging from the mass of athletes to the weather conditions in the stadium. Also, the players have improved the ability to fight for possession of the ball and in the air. The balance between defense and attack in each of the clubs has found its optimal state, making what is happening on the field is very similar to a real football match. After scoring a goal, each of you can choose one of several available celebrations by his players. The computer opponent behaves as neatly and intelligently as possible (especially at the hardcore difficulty level), and therefore it will not be so easy for him to win.

Licenses and official status

Now this is an official simulator for UEFA and FIFA, the developers have acquired licenses for almost every European club, and therefore you will definitely be pleased with real-life sponsors, logos and team names. What began as an amateur, arcade football simulator, over the course of its 20-year history, managed to reach an updated, world-class level.

Additional content

During the passage of the League of Masters mode, some of the standard bonuses will be available to those who download this distribution. They include one additional player from the world stars, whom you can invite to your own club from the very beginning. Also, after starting a new game, there are 10 bonus items in your inventory to restore the strength of tired or injured players. Since the European Football Championship was held this year, you can play it right in this simulator. Each of the national teams is divided into groups with others in the same way as it was at EURO 2016 itself! Try to lead the Portuguese national team to victory on it, or one of your favorite teams, such as Iceland, Wales, Albania.

System requirements

• OS: Windows Vista SP2/7 SP1/8/8.1/10;
• processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (1.8 GHz) or AMD Athlon II X2 240;
• RAM: 1 GB;
• video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800/ATI Radeon X1600/Intel HD Graphics 3000;
• DirectX version: 9.0c;
• free hard disk space: 9 GB.