Have you played PES17 yet? Is gameplay vastly different to last year or mostly just minor improvements?
Btw, I woudn't pay too much attention to magazine reviews. These 'reviews' are all paid for via PR agencies in the same way FIFA will all get good reviews too.
oh yeah fifa have been paying reviews off for years! pes always got rated lower though so im not sure same can be leveled at them.
i have played the pes 17 demo alot. its alot better than 16. first thoughts were that it was 16.5 but after a while you realise it is a big step up
biggest things-defence. a poster above said defending is tooe asy,what he meant was my tiny fifa brain finds it too hard to score! defendering is good this year,spam goals seem to be gone and when you do score you have to earn it and its rewarding
player id is also a biggie. unlike fifa you actually play different with who you control. if you get the ball in midfield with pogba your footballing brain tells you to go on a surge using power to keep ball. but do same with santi carzola and you lose ball. on flip side santi turns away from players in tight pockets and can unleash a great pass where pogba has alot more weight to shift etc
review wise i would give it a 8 as i think 10 should be for best of the best games like gta,super mario 64,ocarina of time etc
also to get to pes 6 levels you need to play for months and months to make sure game stays great, maybe pes 17 will be a 10 by next year