So I casually downloaded the PES 2016 demo on PS4 not thinking to much about it, after all I hated the feel of 2015 and have been a FIFA guy now for many years. Thing is whilst I had fun playing as the women international teams in the FIFA 16 demo I though the overall gameplay had seen barely any change from FIFA 15. So this morning I decided to load up the PES 2016 demo and WOWSER! I was not expecting that. Now PES was once near enough unbeatable for gameplay and was only limited by a lack of licenses held down by EA, sadly that is still the case in regards to licenses but comparing the two gameplay wise as really highlighted the issues EA have got with its gameplay.

PES 16 feels so much more dynamic and lively and each player feels unique in how they play. I haven't seriously played a PES game in years now but I think 2016 might be the first year in a very good while.

Anyone else checked out the demo?

I haven't played a football game since Fifa 98 but everyone kept going on about how great this year's PES was. So I preordered it. On Steam. Without a demo. Maybe the PC version is great, maybe it's a stinker.

Either way, I'm looking forward to it unlocking day after tomorrow.

I fell outta love with this series after the perfection that was PES 06 and was very much a FIFA player, after playing both demos I get a greater satisfaction from PES.

Reading a few words of caution from people who already have it, apparantly squads aren't up to date, it's pretty much the same squads from January which is really disappointing, hopefully a first week patch to amend this?

Probably going to hold fire on it for now and see how it plays out.

@shoguns_decapitator: I think that PES05 was the height of the series but I feel mostly the same way. Also the FIFA games got good around 2009 - they were piles of junk before that.

Good game, but I still have no idea how the fuck to defend against the assholes that just always do that manual run thing.