It might’ve been partially our fault – we’d recently played some ‘no rules’ matches on FIFA 19 – but it didn’t feel like we were being particularly outrageous. When it comes to sliding tackles, though, the referees felt pretty harsh during our time with the PES 2020 demo. Seeing the power bar just below your player for all of your passes and shots comes in handy, for instance, and standing tackles feel refreshingly simple to pull off. It’s an easy time-sink, and there are a few little features that make it feel fresh from a FIFA-player’s perspective. Once you get used to the camera angle and first-touch dynamic, PES 2020 feels very playable. Unless you know you’re playing the ball into someone who is good enough to take a first-time punt, you’ll find yourself taking that extra touch instead of swinging straight into action. As the game warns you on its loading screens, making first-time passes or shots is a bit of a risk, especially with not-particularly-skilled teams: if you don’t have the ball under control, or if it’s coming at you from an odd angle, there’s a decent likelihood that your first-time pass or strike won’t find its intended target. In terms of gameplay, there is one thing that really stands out. If only our eyeballs could actually do that! Although it takes a bit of getting used to, this viewpoint feels like a nicely realistic rendering of a punter’s typical perspective, albeit with one exception: when you put a ball into the box, the camera zooms and tilts slightly to give you a closer look at what’s going on. ![]() Likewise, if you’re the one defending, you might not realise where your defenders are until the opposition is running full-tilt in their direction. This is a neat alternative to the standard way of viewing a game of ‘eFootball’, but it does sometimes result in situations where the camera can’t quite keep up with a sudden change in direction and you end up sprinting into a defender that you didn’t realise was there. ![]() If you punt the ball upfield, the camera will pan in that direction at a reasonable pace. One thing that did make an impact, though, is the default camera angle in the game: the demo automatically puts you in the ‘Stadium’ mode, which gives you a view of the pitch that feels like you’re sat in a decent seat halfway up a big stand.
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