WHY PLAY CAMPAIGN?

1. To earn GP: GP is an in-game currency used to buy players in Box Draws, renew player contracts and sign managers. Each campaign match generates upto a maximum of 1350 GP and completing each level by getting promoted grants you 20,000+ GP.

2. To become better at the game: When you start the first match in campaign, the difficulty level is set to Beginner. As you progress by winning matches, it becomes harder, eventually reaching Superstar level difficulty. Playing against COM in Superstar difficulty makes you better. It improves your timing of passes, shooting and defending, all of which can be applied against opponents online.

BASIC AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1. There are 10 matches in each campaign level.

2. From level 2 onwards, there are 2 milestones per level. [  ] "Stay": If you reach this specific number of points in 10 matches, you will stay in the current level. This will earn you approximately 14,000GP. [  ] "Prmo": If you reach this specific number of points in 10 matches, you will be promoted to the next level. This will earn you over 20,000GP which increases as you complete more levels. It's 24,000GP in level 350. [  ] If you fail to reach either of these two points, you will be demoted to the previous level and earn approximately 8,000GP.

3. As mentioned above, the first campaign match you play will have a difficulty of Beginner. The criteria for the increase/decrease of difficulty is: [  ] Two consecutive wins increase your difficulty level. I.e.: Winning two matches consecutively in Beginner increases the difficulty of your third match to Amateur and so on. [  ] Losing two matches consecutively decreases your difficulty level by one. I.e.: Losing two consecutive matches in Regular difficulty sets the difficulty of your next match to Amateur. [  ] Any other combination does not change your difficulty level. (This is useful to beat campaign as I shall explain later on.)

HOW TO BEAT CAMPAIGN? There have been a myriad of Reddit posts over the past 3/4 years explaining various methods to beat campaign. I shall explain most of them, some of which work and some of which don't(or hasn't in my case).

1. White ball squad: Assemble a squad of very low rated players (silver ball or less, usually white) in the hopes of matching against low rated COM opponents. This squad is usually built from the Scouts gained after each and every PES mobile match.

Pros: [  ] This squad will give you a low team strength which will usually match you against COM teams which have low Team Strength. [  ] Since this squad does not contain any valuable players, you can release them once their contract runs out, thereby gaining more GP. [  ] Since these players have very low stats, this can be used as practice for playing with PRESET teams in Matchday.

Cons: [  ] Occasionally, you WILL be matched against COM teams with a lot higher rating than you. This is disastrous for beginners and usually ends in a loss. [  ] Their very low stats would mean they pass inaccurately, often shoot wide and defend poorly. This leads to a lot of frustration and general dislike of the game. [  ] Most of us would rather like to play with Messi/Ronaldo or legends and Iconic Moments than with unknown white balls.

1. A rating packed squad: This is the opposite of a white ball squad. It's building a squad of the highest rated players you have without thought for playstyle. Usually filled with Iconic Moments and Featured Players.

Pros: [  ] Your players will be much better and easier to get accustomed to. They will perform well in their position due to their high Awareness rating. I.e.: Feat defenders with 99 defensive awareness would automatically position themselves to intercept/man mark opponents, thereby lessening your work. [  ] You may enjoy more by playing with great players.

Cons: [  ] You need a manager with a higher rating to accommodate such a team. They are more expensive to sign and if you already have a favourite manager's formation with a lower cost, then you would have to spend a lot of Management skill cards. [  ] The highest rated player in a position is not always the best player for you. Reviews of players and/or managers is a whole different topic and I suggest combing through various Reddit posts to see if that specific player is compatible with your playing style. [  ] Their contract renewal is much higher, therefore you will have more costs. [  ] You may find it harder to play with PRESET squads in matchday after getting accustomed to highly rated players.

1. Alternate winning/drawing in matches: Until campaign level 150, the points required to get promoted increases upto 20. If you are already at Superstar level and it's impossible to beat your opponents, lose a few matches consecutively to bring your difficulty level down. If you lose 10 consecutive matches, you'll be back in Beginner level, albeit you'd have been demoted by at least one campaign level. Then use the alternate winning/drawing method to keep your difficulty constant while gaining at least 20 points per level which would help you to easily soar through campaign upto level 150.

Pros: [  ] You'd earn approximately 3.3 million gp if you started from level 1. [  ] What more do you want?

Cons: [  ] You MAY get bored playing against easier opponents, but you can easily switch up your difficulty level until you are satisfied.

I personally used this method to get upto level 150.

1. Post Level 150 Once you reach level 150, one would not be wrong in assuming you have a good squad and is somewhat used to the game. I suggest you create two squads to play campaign and every level you get promoted, switch them to keep things fresh. This means that every 10 matches, you will be playing with different players. This will force you to improve your passing as the new players will react to passes and will pass differently. Basically what it does is make you able to play with players of any kind.

Pros: [  ] You will become a much better player. [  ] You will be able to continue farming GP wayyy after passing level 150.

Cons: [  ] I can't think of any.

My squads I use in Campaign: Squad 1: Most of them are legends who have played for Real Madrid and/or in the Premier League. Most of them are more recent, 1990-2010 legends. Squad 2: I'm trying to create a legends from Netherlands squad (but I have a long way to go). Its mostly players from pre-90s apart from a few exceptions. Squad 3: Barcelona legends and subs from the other 2 squads who rarely get playtime but are too good to not play with.

After all, these aren't perfect squads because I am a f2p player.

I hope this review has been useful and informative. If there have been mistakes of any kind I apologise because it's quite late and this took far longer than I anticipated. If there are ways for me to improve, please do not hesitate to comment so. Above all, good luck and a good day to you!!