Really leggy.
46 legs on the pitch at most times.

FIFA looks better and is the more polished product, but gameplay is critical and PES is the clear winner there. Out of the two I prefer PES.

May this be an error? Should I be quick to buy?!

WOW so cheap already....

Nearly missed my bus but I had to order - before Sony change their minds.

bought!!

What's the online multiplayer like? Lots still playing?

I've bought it many thanks,worth a shot for £8

Same price on PS3 too

Scorching! I paid roughly £16 a few weeks back and I've not even installed it yet... always the way lately. I'm turning into "game collector" :disappointed:

Used to spend days on the PES series! Heated OP.

Cheers OP

We're going to have to wait for pes 18 to come out to get this at £8...like pes 16 was around £6 from Boomerang when pes 17 came out, granted pes 16 was on disc...had to buy this at this price as I was waiting for the disc version to hit the elusive £10 or less mark!

Thanks OP. Just bought this.

Hot as a volcano

Awesome game (from the demo). Don't need it, probably won't play it much but can't resist at that price! Even if only for when the lads come round (though they moan it isn't fifa! Imbeciles!) worth it for the price of a couple of pints!

Worst football game online in years, great offline though.

I can't recommend it, scripting switched right up this time around. A very frustrating online experience for anyone other than casuals that won't notice.

Link worth a read if you want to find proof of scripting (it's in there, but very long): https://forums.pesfan.com/showthread.php?266790-MyClubs-Handicapping-scripting

Sold my copy at the right time for £21, MyClub and pes league is free and more than enough, particularly given its flaws.

But if you are buying for offline and to play locally with mates you can (mostly) ignore the above, it's then good value.

Insane price! bought this for £16.99 couple weeks back! must buy at this price!

Great price for a great game. Well worth yr dough.

Great price. I'm gonna trade in my physical copy and get this (unless Game reduce their trade price by lunch time) Cheers

PES is known for their rubbish online experience. Then again I have played PES 16 with random people online and I didn't have many issues...

16 was a worse football game but far less frustrating online. I definitely had more fun online with that version.

Wow - I've always been a pes fan but had got fifa due to friend recommending it. Tme to sell fifa! (I only play offline.)

I'm unbeaten in over 20 online myclub games in a row now.

Mythical scripting goblins haven't caught me.

Just pick players who are fit and in form and you'll be fine.

Bought! Cheers OP! Just cost me ~£15.00 I didn't need to spend as I had Hard Reset in my basket too and was too lazy to remove it :P

The matchmaking is frustratingly bad on PES 17, always get matched to players with full team of the year Messis Neymars and Ronaldos. Other than that at this price it is an absolute bargain. I clocked almost all the trophies before selling (the damn myclub superstar 6 in a row trophy stopped me from the platinum) and the AI is top notch, does exactly what you set it to do.

Very good game this year. Dirt cheap. Hot

The amount of messaging abuse I get after playing PES or Fifa online is ridiculous. Parents should be ashamed that they let their kids online with those potty mouths! I beat you fair and square :man:

Best football game ever IMO had it day one. Bargain !

Decent price ? Incredible more like. Best football game around in my opinion more like. HOT!

Great deal, I can never seem to order games on my mobile though, it always gives me an error, hoping it's still live tonight when I get home

Great price. Heat added.

Bare in mind that given the 15 day expiry on all of the price changes that are happening as I type this, these appear to be destined to be part of the easter sale.

All the Uncharted series, TLoU, R&C, loads of VR games, FF XV (tenner!) have all seen significant drops.

Grease up your wallets/purses; Sony are going to give them a right good rogering.

amazing deal, bought, thanks op!

Great find! I was on a hunt yesterday for a a reduced physical copy in a asda. No luck,however, glad I held off!

Is there kit pathes for the downloaded game?

WOW stupid cheap ... this game is excellent

Is PES just the top flight teams? I like taking a team from the lower leagues up through the ranks. If they don't exist, I'll stick to Active Soccer DX2!

Hi, wanted to buy this for my nephew as a present, will I get a CD or do I have to download it on the PS4?

FIFA looks better and is the more polished product, but gameplay is critical and PES is the clear winner there. Out of the two I prefer PES.

you know why the connection is so poor in this game?

https://www.pesmyclub.com/report-a-lag-cheater/

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=pes+lag+cheat

Many players use lagswitch to win (i.e. they lag their own internet connection and by doing that they can actually slow your players down but don't affect theirs).

I've been playing PES on Steam since 2016 and the connection is still bad. On online lobby, 9 out of 10 players use lagcheat after I scored against them. Go figure!

you know why the connection is so poor in this game?

https://www.pesmyclub.com/report-a-lag-cheater/

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=pes+lag+cheat

Many players use lagswitch to win (i.e. they lag their own internet connection and by doing that they can actually slow your players down but don't affect theirs).

I've been playing PES on Steam since 2016 and the connection is still bad. On online lobby, 9 out of 10 players use lagcheat after I scored against them. Go figure!

Are these safe to use?
I mean, by that, won't delete or revert back when/if the game receives a patch for anything? Surprised Sony has allowed this as a possibility with how strict they are over adding external files.

Actually ignore that. Just seen there is an import option in the game.
What a great feature. Might have to pick this up now then. Seems easy enough to have a fully updated team list.

Brilliant game, get on it.

Been playing MyClub on the trial mode, think now is the time to given them my money! :stuck_out_tongue:

Have to agree - it's scripted AF in Master League mode too, just the way they've programmed the game to artificially promote drama - been like that since the PS2 days unfortunately.

They're safe to use but Konami release data packs which screw up the "option files" until they are fixed by their creators (and you sit and reinstall them all from scratch).

So you have to do all the league's individually or is there a master patch floating around?

Bargain, downloading now!!

Just in time for my sons bday tomorrow!! :smile:

No surprise Xbox haven't done the same thing! :disappointed:

only play online is this still shocking with loads of lagg or has it got better sold after 2 days due to this issue when forst came out

added to my download list, thanks for sharing

Sorry for ignorance - never bought of psn store before.

If I've bought this online today do I have to download it by a certain day? Or can I download it in two months if I want to? thanks

That's what I'm looking for as well. Seems strange that there wouldn't be.

Download it whenever you want.

It's amazing price for the game and not an error their twitter feed says it was going on ps store sale

First impressions were of a very good football game - a few weeks into it I managed to break the gameplay on the highest setting with a 3-2-5 formation. Now it's just boring.

I'd like to know this too if anyone has an answer

PSN checkout said transaction may not have completed. The money has come out of my account but the games not there to download ffs.

Purchased, have some heat OP! Thanks. :stuck_out_tongue:

Any up to date options files , just downloaded game and comes with DP3 , will these options files work??

Great deal, thanks OP.

20GB download so will wait for it to complete

I had that message as well with FFXV this morning, but the game WAS there to download after.

Just had to buy this as well. Damnit.

https://www.pes-patch.com/2016/10/pes-2017-ps4-dfl-option-file-2017-v4-2-by-cristiano92.html

I haven't tried it my self but there is a video guide on YouTube which uses this download/link and it seems to have all the main leagues in it.

Only thing that puts me off is fake names/teams but obviously that doesn't seem to be an issue anymore so I think I'll purchase this!

Great deal, thanks OP.

20GB download so will wait for it to complete

Great deal, thanks OP.

20GB download so will wait for it to complete

I've not looked at what the patches do but someone mentioned it's only Premier League and Championship. Does the patch bring lower leagues into play or is that it? Was gonna jump on this but was assuming I could play as Bradford City

Ordered! Thanks

As usual hot UK deals made me spend money... Toś and until dawn xD heat!

Like on football manager you can spend 10 minutes downloading an options file to a memory stick and installing it. This adds all the teams logos and names and managers etc. I played FIFA for years. But this is by far the most realistic football game out there. I traded FIFA 17 in for it.

Which options file do you recommend?

Amazing game buy it

Absolute steal at this price

Cheers op!

been wanting this for soon long..it be rude not to get it at this price! Cheers

Yeah lag and slight button delay makes this unplayable online. So much so that I got Fifa, which is complete garbage! Just got it to play My Journey

The game is there now , just had to wait a while :-)

Hmm had a few games and much prefer FIFA. My god though the commentary is dire it also seems that every thing is a freekick.

I think it's PES UNIVERSE that I used? But just go on YouTube and search how to pes options file and you'll find a tutorial. There's also a YouTuber called PESEP that's really good and shows you how

I cannot seem to update the competition logos...just keep on getting cannot load/update error...any suggestions on how to update? The teams and everything else seems to have updated. I used pesworld update files.

Is this better than PES 2016? I have PES 2016 and still enjoy playing it.

Definitely better! Better goalkeeping mechanics, better overall :smiley:

thanks! Guess I will have to update then :smiley:

How much is this game in store?

I just wonder maybe it might be part of the PlayStation plus free games next month?

Can't see it myself but you never know.

Absolute bargain

Can I buy if I don't have a ps4?

I have this on Xbox one, I enjoy the game and mostly play online leagues, ie 10 game seasons.
It is amazing the amount of people that pick Barcelona or R. Madrid, sometimes your whole ten games in one season comprises of just them as opponents with the odd Brazil or Spain thrown in for good measure. You get a great deal of pleasure beating one of those 5star teams, but even the most poor player has a chance if they have them as their team. It is a pity that you can't see their team selection before starting the match, that is the only problem I have with this game

Good game I sometimes use this as a manager game (myclub) and play coach mode a lot online.

Please can someone help me? If I was to buy a USB stick to save the option file on to, does anyone know approx what size storage I would need? Thanks

Pretty sure it's not gonna be that big tbh I'd guess at a 4gb would suffice

Thanks for that

Didn't play pes 2016 much is this one a lot better

Just buy it. Must have played this everyday since launch in MyClub mode. Love it!

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 was in the April 2014 monthly games so it could be possible :stuck_out_tongue: Hopefully not though as I've already bought it!

Hot probably won't play it but at that price it's a steal.

Cheers, wasn't really after it but for £8 why not.

You need to do them in smaller batches

Do people still update the player databases on the older games too? The thing I really like about this is the fact you can edit it. Kind of makes it future proof in a way.

Just download the "trial" version. Same thing but for free

On to my 5th season in Master League mode, if you enjoy football games solo or couch co-op with mates it's fantastic, far more enjoyable gameplay than FIFA.

Haven't played online so can't comment on that side of things...previous iterations of PES online have put me off!

I could with some help please. I already have the game on disc but purchased the pes deal here, but I still need the disk in order to play. Do I need to the delete the game on the PlayStation first, then download from the store?

I've played this but i just can't get the point of it? you've got limited input in to the game and its boring as sin.

​Delete the disc version and download the digital version you bought today.

Yer it's a bit limited. But it's a way to earn points. Plus what I do is when my main team are running out of stamina. Instead of playing with my crap reserves and getting beat by someone with a better team. Ill throw the reserves on coach mode. This way ill get points and my first team will recover stamina.

Cheers. Do you know if I'll have to reinstall the option file again for the correct kits?

I loved PES in the glory days, and i got and enjoyed last year's version, however one big issue is that there seems to o be a real lack of 'personality' in players these days, and i think that affects PES.

Less players have their own particular 'style' these days, back in 98-2005 you had some really good players that PES would pretty accurately emulate (i am thinking, Ronaldonhio, Henry, Zidane Fat Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Beckham, Davids,, .... Etc etc.
Apart from the superstars playing for Spain's top clubs there's very few players that you want to get on the ball in Pes (or watch in real life) at the mo.

Anyhow I also would not be surprised to see this as a PlayStation Plus game in the near future, as before, as that price point is incredibly low.

Good price for those who like this crap. Heat added for the price. I'll still pass though. :neutral_face:

thanks OP now downloading, already had £5.01 in my wallet that I didn't know about so it only cost me an extra £2.98!

Thanks. Bought

​I'm not sure, sorry.

Too good to turn down at £8 even if I do prefer Fifa

I don't have it, but I doubt you'll need to. Those files will be saved in the Save Game section, not the actually game install. You should be fine I imagine.

Bought, cracking price down from £34.99 :sunglasses:

Is the online play good or is it laggy?

Bought and enjoying actually seeing arsenal win 2 games in a row :wink:

Really leggy.
46 legs on the pitch at most times.

Why can I never match with anybody online

​I have Xbox one version and can never pair with somebody.So frustrating for such a good game.

only worth it if you want to play offline. My Club ( online ) is free

Thanks.

For anyone with the disc version, both cex and grainger games are offering £13.00 cash or £18.00 part ex.

I've purposedly stayed away from footy games after pretty much spending 9 months solid on PES 2016, ohh this is so tempting!

​Keepers are miles better than 2016, you won't be disappointed.

​Yeah, and selling it for £28! What a rip off.

Amazing game

True. I got £16 cash for my ps3 copy!

Insane price... purchased

Yes, you can. you just new to open Sony PS account,i take the ps4 purchase is in the pipeline as you won't be able to transfer the purchase to another account

It's valid for a week. The trial/demo for this is free.

great price.

I can't believe there hasn't been a football game yet which has you playing about in the big bath after the game with your chums.

This seems pretty straight forward. Has anyone else used this to update kits and badges?: https://m.dreamteamfc.com/c/pes-2017-heres-how-to-get-all-the-official-kits-and-emblems/

WARNING: Long Post

/Rant

Back when I was a kid, my parents bought me the first ISS (PES) game on the SNES.

Since then, I owned every single one. The two on the SNES, N64, and then moved on to the Playstation. When ISS transformed into PES, it was literally (at the time), the best thing ever. What a game, what a transformation. I loved it.

I of course went on to buy every PES, on my PS1, then XBOX (using the PS2 pad converter of course) and then I moved onto PC for the better graphics and frame rates.

Over the years, I even entered and real life tournaments, in cities in the UK. Just missing out by one place on a chance to go into Europe and represent the UK in PES.

So...you could say I was pretty obsessed with the game. It was one of the most important thing in my, and my friends' lives.

Fast forward to PES2014. PES obviously in major decline at this point, but I'm still playing it. I buy the PC version and work my way up to number one in the world. It was literally the only game I played, and for hours on end.

Then, I try to login one day...but Konami have banned me. Hmmm...why? Must be some mistake.

Turns out they have 'user reports' that I have been 'lag cheating'. Which of course was ridiculous. I mean, the game was barely playable because of lag, but that has always been the case with PES. But I certainly wasn't cheating. No way.

I repeatedly asked for evidence of this, knowing full well there wouldn't be any because it wasn't true. Konami could not provide any apart from using the phrase 'user reports'. Turns out, my ability and been causing quite a stir on a PES forum, and a gang of them had got together to report me, purely for malicious and bitter (and even racist - based on my PES name) reasons. I forwarded this to Konami. But no. I was calm, polite and provided evidence of my PES past and these malicious reports. But no. Would Konami listen? They became increasingly hostile, short and rude - and would not budge because of 'user reports'.

Long story short, after nearly 20 years playing ISS/PES...I was done. Never to play or purchase new, a Konami game again.

The game is run and designed by amateurs. It is one big joke. The problems I read that people have with the game now, are exactly the same crap that was happening 10 years ago. They will never learn.

Have been playing FIFA happily now for years, with an online service that actually works. True, EA aren't exactly bastions of the consumer, and the FIFA community can be a little juvenile (though certainly not like PES), but at least the game works and people aren't banned for no reason.

Good riddance, Konami. You bunch of ********.

/Rant

​Yes, it works fine but there seems to be a limit to how many teams you can import across all the various worldwide leagues. The kits look brilliant depending on where you get them from, try Pesworld. The emblems take a little while as you have to do them individually but it's not hours and hours like it was last year.

​It's interesting that you played PES or ISS for 20 years and you then realised that it is run by amateurs. I fully agree that the online element is a joke, but it's still great to play offline. I can understand you being upset if you were made to look like a cheat but where does the racism come from? If you have evidence of this you should report it to the provider. There will always be idiots online as there are idiots in society, and they can hide behind their consoles and keyboards which make it more prevalent. FIFA is a highly polished game with a huge budget compared to PES, yet the gameplay in my opinion is lacking in comparison. Just my opinion.

Nice one! I'll take a look at that. Have you used any from the http://www.pesgaming.com/ website? There is tones of info/content on this !!!

​I haven't used that particular website but see if they have any pictures of the kits. They are really not that difficult to install, try the premier league ones and see if you like them. They can always be deleted and you can try some from somewhere else if you are not happy. They make a BIG difference to how the game looks.

Where is the best place for these option files? I just want Premier league, league 2, Italian league, Spanish, maybe international aswell

the problem is they always stick to p2p connection for online gameplay. If they use proper server instead of relying on p2p connection the problem would have been solved.

Fifa, PES...meh, you can forget it all once this is out later in the year.......

I just downloaded and installed kits for the English clubs from PESWorld and they look fantastic - the thousands of options on PES gaming got a bit confusing.

No denying SWOS was a favourite of mine let's just hope it's nothing like the reboot of kick off that flunked hard!

can seem to download mine at the moment strange

Well hard work updating teams. Is there a one file does all? Tried but team names still Yorkshire oranges, man blue etc

Is it worth upgrading to this from 2016?

Head over to pesuniverse and download the option file.

When we finally got a ps4 the kids wanted me to get FIFA since all their friends had that- how they sulked when I brought home PES 2017. After an hour or so of playing they are now converts- Best (offline) football game ever!

Cant see what the fuss is about for myclub though.

started to get sick of fifa after 5 years - purchased and voted hot!

People here are saying that the game is good offline but not online.

The free trial version offers the offline game. Here's a document listing the differences:

https://www.konami.com/wepes/2017/eu/en/page/f2p/

I know this is a good deal right now but is it worth getting the paid edition given that the free edition seems to already have the offline play mode?

Anyone able to get me an option file as we don't have access to a computer here

Download it on your phone and transfer it from an sd card if you have an adaptor or buy an otg cable very useful for a couple of quid

Is that even possible

Of course, that's how I did it with a otg cable

Yeah, I've played the demo, less arcadey and feels much more challenging than PES 2016.

Think I'm going to bite. Going straight for Master League this time round, got sucked into myclub last time..

Ive got this on disc version and have all my saved edit data on my ps4 etc. I've now purchased this £8 version off PSN but it tells me it wont install until I delete the disc version off my ps4. Will I lose all my saved data or can I stop the edit data being deleted?

I did try backing up my data to the online backup first but I still lost all my kit edits. Be aware you will probably lose some or all of your data. ​MyClub players were still intact though.

​Works on iPhone yes?

anyone got the team updates to work? tried the ones on Dreamfc / Pes world and that seems to leave quite a few championship teams out etc, then tried the PESuniverse latest option file - and it starts to fail import about 50% though. For a straight forward update its a royal pain in the a$$ to find a file that works and is complete.

decided to take a punt. think I'm similar to a lot of you here - loved pes 2-5 but switched to fifa last gen. £8 is a small gamble though so let's see what it's like.

If your internet is bad, it mainly lags the on the other user (not you), as a result you can dominate a game purely because its unplayable for the other user.
It is unlikely that they have "clubbed together" to get you banned, but rather individual complaints/reporting

The PESuniverse option file is a game changer (literally). I used an external hard drive to install it but had trouble initially (the hard drive had to be in FAT32) - if I remember correctly you didn't need to unzip the file at all.

I'm currently on my 10th season of Master League and played a ton of online with a friend - this is incredible value for money. If you are a FIFA fan and curious, do it.

​yes, the v3 option file has everything but competition logos which are available in v2. the club pack takes about 20 minutes to install and the national team pack takes maybe 5. the only manual editing is changing league names and emblems but it is so easy.

I'm still on the fence on buying this. I think it ends tonight. I'm a noob when it comes to the editing etc, where did you get the file from for V3 if you don't mind linking please. Just so I know I get the latest up to date etc rather than tug my hair (what's left of it) out.
Cheers.

​its honestly a doddle. v3 is here https://www.pesuniverse.com/pes-universe-option-file-v3-free/ and the v2 is on the same site too. when downloaded you will get the files with a helpful readme file. it is a long process but completely automated, you just need a usb stick a coffee and a bit of patience!

Aside from Champ Man 01/02 this was probably the game i invested most time into in my life.

I say "was" as i ended up getting totally scunnered with it five or six years ago. The one with Adriano & Terry on the cover i got inside top 350 on the xbox live leaderboards and fancied my chances against anyone; Inter Milan were unplayable - and vastly over rated - with Zlatan and Adriano if you knew how to use them properly.

Then came the sequel and it all went to ****. I don't even think i have played a demo since. Going to change now and giving this a go for such a good price :-)

Is every game online a laggy input delay joke like every previous titles? (and FIFA on PC)

Really appreciate this. Many thanks mate. I'll have a look at it!

​Do 10 teams at a time, mine worked fine

I've only gone and purchased the PS3 version when I have the PS4... FML

Don't know how I managed that.

Thanks for the info. I tried updates from a couple of other sources but none were as comprehensive as this. Worked a treat! :smiley:

Cheers - I just completely wiped everything last night and started a fresh with the V3 file linked above and everything went in fine. National teams and then clubs teams (minus the J-league).

​i might be wrong but if you haven't actually launched the game i think you might be eligable for a refund? might be worth asking.

was going to get this today, damn back up to 34.99

Pretty sure you are correct sir

A new update has just been released from PES Universe, Version 4.

https://www.pesuniverse.com/pes-universe-option-file-v4/