I skipped FIFA 18 and bought PES that year, then back to FIFA. Been a FIFA player since 94 and PES since the beginning as well, but it's quite clear PES have the most realistic gameplay. The ball physics and body movements simply can't be touched by FIFA. PES suck at presentation though. That's the problem with Konami (Japanese) games, sometimes it'll just feel empty (and dated looking) and really hard to get immersed into.
And there's the matter of the licenses. The process of installing all the right leagues and everything is quite easy, but it takes a few months after the game is released for the community to have a proper patch with everything.
Having said that, there's a good chance I'll skip FIFA (If there are no major changes in CM) and go PES again this year.
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I tried playing PES several years ago, maybe it was 2009, and it was rather boring. But I like career mode.
Perhaps it's time to just give up video games all together. After all, it's a huge time waste and now that I'm over 30 it doesn't really serve any purpose.
One must do what they want with their lives but I don't agree with that comment at all. My first video game was an Atari and been playing ever since.
I don't think I'll ever stop even when I'm well over 60. It serves the purpose of entertaining me. And well, I've seen games coming from fucking dots to photo realistic visuals, I'm still amazed by what technology can do just like I was when I was a kid.