Athlon_
Registered User
I had some time to kill this evening so I thought I'd download the second demo and see if there have been some miracles performed by Konami. Sufficed to say it appears to be the same sh*te with different teams. Defending is still ridiculously crap, players are still dribbling like they're all Maradona, because of this defending is absolutely, utterly hopeless. This is not a great piece of game programming.
What it is, is a very average to say the least football game with tackling removed for the user. Giving the impression of a strong AI. An AI will appear strong when it can run from one end of the pitch to the other whenever it pleases because you cannot make the moronic player you control stick out a leg whenever YOU want.
Utter crap. For last years beer mat, Konami spouted a load of brown runny stuff about 'engineered for freedom'. That lasted long, didn't it? A part of the game as much as passing and shooting is TACKLING. Its a part of the game, and the player should be able to make a standing tackle whenever they want.
Not to say that the tackle should be successful everytime, but the player should feel like they are in some small way actually a part of the experience, not just some sucker who spent £24 to sit there wishing they hadn't bothered. Like last year. And the year before that. And the year before that.
Well fool me once shame on me, fool me twice, fuck off Konami. Stevie Wonder could have made a better game than this. And Jedwood could have put better music on the menus.
People will obviously say at this point, you're just crap, you can't defend. Well I can, I can sit there and watch Maicon run past Gallas like everybody else.
The thing is if I wanted to just sit there and hope for the best I'd be playing Football Manager. This is a game where you are supposed to control what happens to some degree. Defending included.
This is not a simulation either. Not even close. It is a very arcadey experience, like all the players are on steroids, the speed of the games are too fast, and on the lower speed settings it just looks like a fast game slowed down. Like a song played slow. You can tell.
Its a shame really, because to give the PES developers credit it does actually look like they put in some work this year. The problem is yet again the directions they are taking are very much red herrings. With a useless fat seabass somewhere as well.
Take my advice people, save you're money and wait for a propper game.
What it is, is a very average to say the least football game with tackling removed for the user. Giving the impression of a strong AI. An AI will appear strong when it can run from one end of the pitch to the other whenever it pleases because you cannot make the moronic player you control stick out a leg whenever YOU want.
Utter crap. For last years beer mat, Konami spouted a load of brown runny stuff about 'engineered for freedom'. That lasted long, didn't it? A part of the game as much as passing and shooting is TACKLING. Its a part of the game, and the player should be able to make a standing tackle whenever they want.
Not to say that the tackle should be successful everytime, but the player should feel like they are in some small way actually a part of the experience, not just some sucker who spent £24 to sit there wishing they hadn't bothered. Like last year. And the year before that. And the year before that.
Well fool me once shame on me, fool me twice, fuck off Konami. Stevie Wonder could have made a better game than this. And Jedwood could have put better music on the menus.
People will obviously say at this point, you're just crap, you can't defend. Well I can, I can sit there and watch Maicon run past Gallas like everybody else.
The thing is if I wanted to just sit there and hope for the best I'd be playing Football Manager. This is a game where you are supposed to control what happens to some degree. Defending included.
This is not a simulation either. Not even close. It is a very arcadey experience, like all the players are on steroids, the speed of the games are too fast, and on the lower speed settings it just looks like a fast game slowed down. Like a song played slow. You can tell.
Its a shame really, because to give the PES developers credit it does actually look like they put in some work this year. The problem is yet again the directions they are taking are very much red herrings. With a useless fat seabass somewhere as well.
Take my advice people, save you're money and wait for a propper game.