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One of the most popular global football gaming titles has been updated with more international clubs signed up alongside top Arabic teams.
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. aim to keep PES’s loyal fan base captivated as well as tempt players of rival games to transfer over with its ‘stunning advances’ to both the outfield and goal keeing lay.
It centres on the concept of ‘control reality’, as the game increases its levels of intuitive control and its re-creation of top-level football. With its ‘real touch’ system to ensure players can receive a pass and make space with a variety of movements, all-new ‘precise pass’ elements ensure the user has complete control over the weight and speed of every pass they make.
As well as English amongst the languages available, the newly-launched PES 2017 is also available in Arabic with localised menu options, featuring the Arabic commentary of Raouf Khleif.
The game also features the Asian Champions League competition which consists of a number of Arabic football sides. “Konami is extremely proud of what we have achieved with PES 2017,” said Tomotada Tashiro, president of Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.
“Our close relationship with our fantastic fan-base has seen us make a series of improvements that they wanted to see. We have established close relationships with key partners to ensure the realism within the game reaches new heights, and have plans to add a dedicated PES League element to capture the imaginations of our more competitive eSports players later this year.”
Its designers believe the intuitive controls and instantaneous response times deliver a game where players will ‘feel the sheer joy’ of completing a flowing attacking move with an unstoppable shot to the top corner.
The on-pitch detail also boasts plenty of tactical options, with players adding on the fly instructions to break down stubborn defences, or to implement set pieces in dead-ball situations. Players can be instantly recognisable via distinct running styles, while the Team ID system extends this to ensure that teams are automatically designed to recreate the playing style they are famed for.
The publisher has also agreed deals with FC Barcelona, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, for example, granting Konami unique access to the teams, using state-of-theart 3D scanning techniques to replicate them in the game, and to deliver exact models of the stadiums.
In addition to their playing styles, authentic match day atmosphere has also been created with the addition of famed chants and crowd songs before and during matches. PES 2017 also marks the continuation of existing exclusive agreements, and is the only game to feature official modes based on the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
The game is available region wide with prices at around BD28 for PS4 and XboxOne, BD20 for PS3 and Xbox360, and BD18 for PC via Steam.
