

(Sidenote: the PES AI makes tactical changes if you use a particular player too much. PES 2020 Demo Teams, Stadiums, Download Size, and More For a game that regularly features goalless draws, that's good news. We've only had a few hours with it, but on certain occasions as Messi, we managed to slip past a top defender or two - either from Juventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, or Arsenal, the four other big teams available in the demo - before driving a curling shot to the far corner.

If you know what you're doing, naturally. Thanks to the PES 2020 demo - released Tuesday on PC, PS4, and Xbox One - we were able to try out finesse dribble for ourselves with the Barça superstar. (We're guessing Messi himself wasn't available, but who better than the most decorated Spanish footballer of all time? More importantly, Iniesta is renowned for his dribbling, but we don't need to tell you that if you're reading this.) Now with a push of the right-stick, you can dodge left and right to try to sneak past defenders who have the advantage of PES' fast-paced play, lack of space, and homing-missile tackling. And in a bid to achieve that, Konami sat down with Lionel Messi's former teammate Andrés Iniesta to consult on a new mechanic: finesse dribble.

PES 2020 wants you to feel like its cover star.
