And to an extent, it works, with more famous footballers looking and feeling like their real life counterparts. Teams feel like individual entities, defined as much by their shape and approach as the players within.įIFA 18, meanwhile, has made steps to make its players feel more individual. When you are playing solo, even the AI will smartly adapt to the game and challenge you to counter. High energy teams can swarm the opposition with the gegenpress, you can have a more skilful striker drop deeper in a false 9 position, or use a powerful spearhead for a more direct approach. Player abilities are well-defined and whatever ability they may have, there is a system that makes the most of their strengths. How you set your team up can be crucial to your success and if you switch tactics mid-match, you will see a tangible difference. PES 2018 is the winner here, with a far richer, more diverse and more effective set of tactical options.
But that isn’t out yet and you want to play a bit too rather than bellow from the sidelines. In truth, the winner of this bout will almost certainly be option number three: Football Manager 2018. Sir Alex Ferguson is your hero, rather than Ryan Giggs. You are a student of the game, a tactical genius, some might say, as happy to delve into game plans and strategy as you are to take control of the players on the pitch. Konami make it easy to load in unofficial updates so you can get the latest kits, but there’s no way of addressing the ugly menus or bewilderingly rubbish commentary. Having Barcelona and exclusivity to the Nou Camp is all well and good, but when El Clasico is against ‘MD White’ it kind of loses its sheen. But the hodge-podge licensing remains a thorny and unavoidable issue and, in a way, the more individual teams Konami sign up, the stranger it can seem. It looks great in motion, and some of its player likenesses are second to none. PES 2018, meanwhile, still struggles desperately off the pitch.
In terms of recreating the ‘match day experience’, warts and all, FIFA 18 has no peer. And the atmosphere is electric, roaring crowds singing recognisable songs as the game unfolds.
It has all the branding for a vast number of leagues over the world. Martin Tyler and Alan Smith’s commentary is sharp and flowing. Every Premier League ground? Forest Green Rovers recreated down to the smallest digital thread? Yes indeed. It is gorgeous to look at, EA Sports putting the Frostbite engine to work in its sophomore year, and has all the kits and caboodles you could ever want. For you, gameplay will be king, paying no mind to the peripheries as long as the action on the pitch is the best it can be.įIFA 18 is the game for you, then. The puristsįancy yourself as a bit of an expert do you? Could have made it if you had more luck in that trial, eh? The type of football fan that, if not supporting their local team, will at least visit nearby Vanarama teams on international breaks because it’s more ‘real’.
We’ll tot the score up at the end, but ultimately which games suits you best will come down to the type of player you are. But which one comes out on top this year? It’s a score draw in the review stakes, with both games performing well in their usual areas: PES 2018 for its rich tactics and unpredictability, FIFA 18 for its fizzy action and glorious presentation.īut as is tradition, it’s now time for a head-to-head, a penalty shootout for each game to persuade certain kinds of players. But with ever deeper football games demanding both your time and money, for most players there can only be one champion. It is a rivalry that stretches back years, with both enjoying periods of critical supremacy.
Pes 2018 vs fifa 18 pro#
Gaming’s biggest derby is about to kick off, with EA Sports’ juggernaut FIFA 18 joining Konami’s excellent Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 on consoles this week. We go again, as the football fan would have it.
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