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Pro Evolution Soccer 2016

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 cover
Developers
PES Productions
Publishers
Konami
Engines
Fox Engine
Release dates
Windows September 15, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 83
IGDB 84
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Sports
Sports Football (Soccer)
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Pro Evolution Soccer
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Key points

No graphics options in-game, all video settings must be changed with <path-to-game>\Settings.exe.
PC versions graphical fidelity is closer to 360/PS3 counterparts instead of Xbox One/PS4 version.
Extensive modding community.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
Requires a constant internet connection in order to be able to launch the game, the Steam Offline Mode doesn't work.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KONAMI\Pro Evolution Soccer 2016\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/375960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KONAMI\Pro Evolution Soccer 2016\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/375960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

External Display Settings
External Display Settings
There is no way to change individual graphic options.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Non 16:9 resolutions are selectable but letterboxed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Use the Resolution Changer tool.
Field of view (FOV)
Different camera angles available in game.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA only.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
On by default.By default it is blocked at 60hz. Can be forced off through the graphics card control panel.
60 FPS
By default caps 60hz/60fps.
120+ FPS
Can be forced off Vsync through the graphics card control panel to force uncaped frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
No mouse support in-game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Configuration tool only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Both XInput and DirectInput are supported.
Full controller support
Configuration tool requires mouse input.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
No specific option but you can change the analog bindings it's invert.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Keyboard only.

Audio

In-Game Audio Settings
In-Game Audio Settings
External Audio Settings
External Audio Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Selectable in the configuration tool.
Subtitles
Only available for some languages: Korean, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese. These languages use the english dub.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Italian
Korean
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
The official multiplayer service was shut down.

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon II X2 240
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon X1600
Intel HD Graphics 3000
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/375960/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (375960) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References