eFootball PES 2020

_Review only about offline mode_
Ok, so here's the thing, I've played FIFA from 2014 to 2019, I used to absolutely love it, to the point where I had more than 800h of play time on fifa 16, and I only play Career Mode! But over the years, I've spent less and less hours on it because I couldn't have fun with it anymore. And that's the key for me, having fun. And I lost that, I stopped playing football games for a year before I decided to try PES 2020.
I love the gameplay on PES 2020, it's fun, challenging, and it feels realistic, plus I was always a fan of build up play rather than one man dribbling the entire defence, so seems like PES is a perfect match for me.
Now of course, PES and FIFA aren't perfect games, far from it, both have their strength and weaknesses.
I know the lack of licensing can be annoying, but there are solutions for that on PC, and it's worth the effort, especially since it isn't a particularly hard thing to do. The UI isn't as pretty as FIFA, players aren't as responsive sometimes, and referees are... weird. But again, it's fun! I've felt the love for football again playing this game, something I haven't felt in years! And when I score a screamer in this game, I actually get up my chair and celebrate with the players.
So, if you're like me, and miss the joy of playing football, you might want to give PES a try.
PS: Don't be that "PES/FIFA is trash" guy, keep your mind open to trying new things. Like I said, they aren't perfect game, and it's about weighing the pros and the cons, for you personnally. Don't crap on a game without trying it, and don't crap on a game without reasoning behind it

FIFA has dominated the series of Football games, this game, yes with its flaws, gives you a more satisfactory career than what you would expect from FIFA. First year i have bought and invested in ePes, and my best year yet as a true football fan. Take it as you will, yes we need to mod in order to get the real feel, but trust me, the gameplay alone will get you off of FIFA. Leave EA, and support the guys that are trying to do Football in general good.

After years of playing FIFA, this has been incredibly refreshing. The first few hours are torture as you try to wade through the differences and convert your playstyle, but once you get the hang of it, this game is incredible. I prefer it over FIFA at this moment. Animations are gorgeous and strategy in terms of game plan matters. You can see the difference in a match. It's very well done.
My only issue with the multiplayer is the insanely long wait times. That's my only big problem. I think in general, the game could explain itself better. I have 0 idea, even after playing for 18 hours, of how to properly manage and organize my team. It's a very counter intuitive UI, they should work on that. But the gameplay itself is fantastic. I don't even like football that much, but it's still one of the most fun I've had recently.
PES LITE is free and you should give a try.

overall is good..
BUT HOLY SHIT THE SCRIPTING IN THIS GAME....
GK RUNNING TO THE GOAL TRYING TO STOP THE BALL FROM GOING IN AND HE LITERALLY SLIDING AT FULL SPEED, CATCH THE BALL AND STOPPED AT THE GOAL LINE LIKE INSTALLY, WTF.
*it's my GK doing that, so i give it a positive review :)

The closest you can get to replicate real-life football.
Pellegrini's Magic Rectangle? Checked
Cruyff's Diamond? Checked
Guardiola's Tiki Taka? Checked
Simeone's Lockdown? Checked
Mourinho's Counter Attack? Checked
Klopp's Heavy Metal Football? Checked
You see, the possibility is endless. Just don't take myClub mode far too seriously, it's a fantasy football. Nothing more.

If you're looking to play in single-player and you're mostly interested in gameplay, then this is the game for you. After plenty of years of playing FIFA, I bought PES 2020 and did not regret it.
Download a modpack that adds licenses and off you go. As a single player, you will be probably interested in master league. It's decent, but quite unimmersive and the cutscenes they've added are almost pointless to a point you will be skipping them. However, details, like atmosphere at the stadium are perfect. Winning a derby or an important match is always so rewarding.
Graphically, I would say this game beats FIFA 20. Camera is much better also.
Every match feels different and the opposition always has a different playstyles or tactics to counter you. Playing against Liverpool and their gegenpress tactic and fast counter attacks are almost as if it was from real life.
The game has improved a lot (after updates), so older reviews may not be so relevant. The least you can do is to buy the game and if you won't like it, then refund it. But as I said. Gameplay-wise this game beats FIFA 20.

Forget what people are saying about this game, I can't beleive the bad reviews this game is getting, its so wrong.
I buy fifa every year stupidly and without a doubt it is the biggest cash grab game i have ever played, little to nothing gets changed and added, its simple minor upgrades every year and the same scripted gameplay every year, its dropepd from been a fun football game into a cashgrab thats focused around its online modes that simply suck.
I remember when i got FIFA 20 on release and since i am a career mode player this was terrible, they allowed the game to be shipped with game breaking bugs, noticabley, top teams playing youngsters and reserves for important games and cup games. it got fixed after about 2 months, its simply unacceptable behavior from a company like EA, the AI and gameplay is identical from game to game, it never changes and its always the same, they recently done a patch that changes ultimate difficulty to be so scripted its laughable people are losing 9-0 because of how pathetic EA is at makign there ai competent or realsitc without making it utterly embarrasing, they literally boosted all players stats to 99 so even if you play as barcelona vs luton town you will lose heavly, absolute joke, that was the final straw for me for FIFA until they can put together a proper football game that the fans want.
PES on the other hand is a great game, forget what reviews say about this game. it is an incredible closeness to the real game of football, even though it doesnt have the licences of FIFA, it certainly makes up for it with its pure excellent game of football, espically against the AI
They have done this game right, as a single player game this game is superb, every single match played against the AI is different and extremeley realistic and its unscripted, the goalkeepers make realistic looking stops and saves, the AI moves and behaves like a real team and every single game ends up with a great goal, a great pass, a great moment just like the real game, Playing as Newcastle in career mode is so Satsifying, getting a win against a good teams feels like a real achievment, scraping a draw against norwich felt like an acheivment, its so much better than fifa in every way apart from licencing issues, trust me, ignore the reviews and buy this game, espicaly if you are a career mode player,it is worth every penny imo.